I look up things on Greenbiz.com a lot, and today I found that article about airlines. Since I've been planning my trip during the summer before I go home, I've bought a couple of plane tickets, which is why this article seemed especially interesting to me.
Greenopia made a ranking based on a six different criteria: fuel conservation practices, recycling habits, green food, progress on alternative fuel types, green building design and carbon offsets.
Due to its fleet that is on average 2 years old, Virgin ends up first in this ranking. Also, Greenopia says that Virgin has made many efforts to position itself as a green company in the airline business. Although many airlines have started to implement green ideas to reduce their footprint, Virgin has been able to rise the level even more, for example serving only fair trade coffee on their flights.
Second is local company Alaska Airlines, with an average fleet age of 3 years, thanks to its efforts to reduce fuel consumption, before Continental Airlines ranked third despite the average age of 9 years. This is mainly due to the fact that Continental has been very transparent about its practices and also used biofuel for its flights.
Good thing I bought two Virgin flights for the summer! =)
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