However, this is only one aspect of reducing emissions and hold-ups at airports can still cause lag time and increase fuel burn for jets that must wait while other jets clear the runway, disembark passengers, board and so on. Crews must be more efficient in handling the day-to-day airport activities in their support of carriers in order to assist in the reduction of fuel burn.
Addressing discharges from fueling, de-icing and other industrial activities is also important for airlines and airports to consider. In fact, they must be able to coordinate and work together to provide solutions that will address discharge issues, because while this type of pollution is not as impactful as emissions from fuel burn it is still a factor that can leave an environmental footprint and must be addressed. As Vasilyeva (2009) notes, there are number of ways airports could approach this issue: one is through the use of centralized deicing locations that could prevent contamination of various parts of an area and keep runoff located to a specific part of the airport where it could be properly treated and processed; the other option is for a recycling program to be put into place that could prevent deicing solutions from going…
Additionally, Bollier further states the contrail emissions to cause warmer weather. The duration of contrails in the atmosphere can last for days, according to (Harris, Kuper, Lebel, 2010). Trails may last for days and spread over hundreds of miles. According to Patrick Minnis, senior research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, "It helped us get a very good handle on the relationship between natural cirrus clouds and contrails,
For some airlines, it is not that they do not care about the environment but only that they do not see going green as financially feasible (Friends, 2007; National, 2007; Kim, et al., 2007). If they have incentives, that can affect how they feel and whether they will go green. If there are few incentives, most airlines will decide not to go green because there will not be a
Carbon Footprint Qantas Carbon Footprint Researcher One Corporate Governance Qantas corporate governance statement mentions that Qantas has an appropriate corporate governance structure to ensure the creation, protection, and enhancement of shareholder value (Qantas, 2012). Based on this statement alone it seems as if Qantas does not promote a triple bottom line or any other measure of sustainability in the summary of their corporate governance strategy. Other firms in the airline industry make a stronger
Jet Blue Airlines: Cost Management The objective of this work in writing is to review the case study on Jet Blue Airlines and to analyze their system of cost management. Price variance of fuel is noted by Jet Blue Airlines to be a critical matter in business operations as it was reported in 2007 that fuel costs were the largest operating expense for Jet Blue Airlines due to high average prices of
Delphi Study: Influence of Environmental Sustainability Initiatives on Information Systems Table of Contents (first draft) Green IT Current Methods and Solutions Green IT and energy costs Green It and Email Systems Green IT and ICT Green IT and ESS Green IT and TPS Green IT and DSS Green IT and other support systems Green IT and GHG reduction Green IT and the Government Sector Green IT and the Corporate Sector Future Prospects of Green IT in the software industry The paper focuses on how the
Introduction Taking into consideration Spirit Airline’s current financial position and operational factors, a specific cost-cutting investment will be proposed in this paper. It is important to note, from the onset, that to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive business environment, entities must continuously embrace approaches that not only enhance their efficiency, but also reduce their costs. This is more so the case in the Airline business where competition for passengers continues