| Airlines have a massive responsibility towards the environment and behaving more responsibly. That dawning reality has reached us at Coastal and we are proud to make commitments to commence our journey to go green. We will be adopting Eco-friendly habits that will hopefully result in a more positive impact to our environment and reduce harm to our planet.
As we start our journey, we do want to communicate with you and also seek your support:
CO2 Emissions Offset – Environmental Benefits
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is produced as a result of fuel consumption and aeroplanes use a lot of fuel when they are taking off and when they are landing. The more fuel a plane uses, the more CO2 is emitted. Every time we are flying, different gases are exposed to the atmosphere and that only adds to the problem of climate change.
Coastal is partnering with Carbon Tanzania so our passengers can offset their Carbon Emission and help balance out the share of emissions from that flight.
Sustainable Tourism
Coastal has also partnered with The Kilimanjaro Project – a project committed to re-greening the foothills around Mount Kilimanjaro. The intent is to inspire individual action – Tuje Pamoja (Swahili for “let’s all come together”). We are all responsible for the future of our planet. Community engagement is critical in the effort to preserve the environment.
The campaign will launch in September 2019, involving various celebrities and endorsements from the past presidents of Tanzania, to inspire action today and now.
WildAid completes the trio of strategic partners, in the protection and prevention of illegal wildlife trade/poaching. Together we will work to reduce consumption of wildlife products and increase local support for conservation efforts.
Reduced Plastic Usage
Tanzania has already implemented a plastic bag ban. This is an incredibly great initiative and we too want to play our part, as we plan and pre-empt for the future. Coastal is planning to dramatically reduce the usage of single-use plastic water bottles on its aircraft.
With effect from 01 August 2019, we will stop offering water bottles to our customers. We will provide water coolers for Coastal passengers to fill and refill at all of our main hub airports (Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Zanzibar). At those airports, water bottles will also be made available for sale.
We would though appreciate your support in the bush and remote airstrips, where the infrastructure is limited. Please encourage all of your customers to fill up their bottles, before leaving their lodge/hotel.
All that said, we will though continue to hold emergency supplies of water onboard the aircraft.
Gandhi’s words resonate with us and we believe that together we can all play our part. We would really appreciate your assistance in helping Coastal go green, whilst still providing an exceptional customer experience for all our guests.
If you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to drop me a line at md |
