SQ Go Green

Singapore Airlines Joins Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group



06 September 2011 - Singapore Airlines has taken another step towards greener skies by joining the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG).

Established in 2008, SAFUG is a working group that aims to accelerate the development and commercialisation of lower-carbon renewable aviation fuels, derived from environmentally and socially sustainable sources.

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Singapore Airlines maintains a young and modern fleet of fuel-efficient aircraft. The average age of its passenger fleet, as of 1 September 2011, is six years and four months. The Airline is also an early adopter of technology, having been the first airline to operate the fuel-efficient Airbus A380, for example, and having placed orders for the latest-generation Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft.

Some of Singapore Airlines’ other environmentally friendly initiatives include:

- Maintenance programmes for both airframes and engines that ensure operational efficiency and enhanced fuel efficiency;

- Route planning procedures that ensure that Singapore Airlines’ planes fly the most fuel-efficient routes where possible;

- Regular green flights across Asia and the Pacific under the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) programme;

- Improvements in flight operation procedures that minimise fuel use without compromising safety, for example through tailored arrivals and continuous descent operations; and

- Use of weight-saving initiatives such as lightweight crockery, galley service equipment, cargo containers and other aircraft modifications.

Seems they take this very seriously, thanks for informing us on MP about this step on Singapore Airlines positive future!

uh oh...hope this is not a disguise for more cost-cutting by SQ

Somehow that's one other way of looking at it too.. Hope that doesn't mean reducing cabin crew numbers and amenities for pax..

yes...that's what i'm afraid of...less magazines available on board...no menu booklet for Y pax....china casserole dish replaced with disposable tin foil container....*shudder*....hope it doesn't happen though

On SQ, never! We strive to remove other things that would annoy the pax less.. Like less amenity kits, and so forth..

and paper towels replaced with facial tissues in Y lavs

That's one real that one..

No table linen in J on SQ856 today. Maybe it's the green initiative to reduce the amount of detergent to wash the linens

Someone screwed up on getting the "green" detergent?

It was too expensive so in the end they had to abandon it.