Etihad Airways Encourages Carbon Neutrality Through Economy Class Passengers

The Etihad Mangrove Forest aims to have 182,000 mangroves by the first quarter of 2023. Mangroves eliminate four times more carbon dioxide from the air than other tropical forests, helping to fight the effects of climate change such as coral bleaching and coastline degradation, as well as helping in supporting biodiversity and wildlife as an important habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife.

Mariam Al Qubaisi, head of sustainability at Etihad Aviation Group proudly explained the initiative and said, “In addition to our own sustainability ambitions, we made a commitment to helping our guests and partners to travel more sustainably and empower them to make conscious choices. With the latest evolution of our sustainability programme to plant a mangrove on behalf of every guest who books an Economy Space seat, we’re simplifying the process so anyone can travel sustainably.” 

“The Etihad Mangrove Forest is a key initiative in our sustainability journey to ensure our responsibility to remove carbon from the atmosphere is progressing. The intent is to create forests on all continents we fly to, and to provide our guests with an engaging opportunity to take part in the solution,” she added.

The move comes in line with the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Programme by the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Mangrove Forest is the culmination of multiple joint programmes between Etihad, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Jubail Island, The Storey Group and other partners to support mangrove conservation projects in the nation and develop new carbon sinks and natural resources to remove carbon from the atmosphere following our ‘Abu Dhabi for the World’ principle.