Qatar Airways partners with IATA to join Environmental Assessment Programme for ground service providers

Doha: Qatar Aviation Companies (QAS), the subsidiary of Qatar Airways Group, introduced its partnership with Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation (IATA) to turn into the primary floor handler globally to affix the brand new enlargement of the IATA Environmental Evaluation Programme (IEnvA) for floor service suppliers.

The IEnvA programme for floor service gives a framework for attaining environmental sustainability throughout all floor operations. Benefiting from the data and expertise garnered from the airline programme, floor service suppliers can depend on its definitive steering to cut back their influence on the surroundings, and enhance well being and security for each staff and the neighborhood whereas sustaining operational effectivity.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Government, H E Akbar Al Baker, stated: “I’m proud to steer the efforts to create a sustainable aviation business. Environmental sustainability consciousness throughout the complete organisation is vital to the success of Qatar Airways Group. By means of IEnvA, Qatar Aviation Companies will have the ability to display the worth of environmental compliance and guarantee sustainability in its operations.”

IATA’s Director Normal, Willie Walsh, stated: “We’re delighted to rely Qatar Aviation Companies as the primary floor handler to affix the newly prolonged IATA’s IEnvA programme. Sustainability is a vital problem for our business. By taking proactive steps to measure their impacts and tackle them all through their operations with IEnvA, QAS and Qatar Airways Group will again their sustainability achievements with essentially the most complete international normal environmental certification accessible within the business”.

Qatar Aviation Companies, led by the Senior Vice President, is dedicated to minimising the environmental influence of its operations, enjoying an instrumental function in serving to Hamad Worldwide Airport achieve its world-class standing as environmental chief amongst airports globally. By means of its participation, it goals to fulfill and exceed the very best environmental requirements whereas making ready for future enlargement methods.

The IEnvA programme is an Environmental Administration System initially supplied to airways, which demonstrates equivalency to the ISO 14001: 2015 environmental administration programs normal. It gives a structured strategy to managing the surroundings, in addition to reporting and mitigating environmental impacts. Consequently, organisations are in a position to extra formally incorporate sustainability and environmental compliance methods into their operations.

Qatar Airways, below the Qatar Airways Group, first achieved the very best stage of IEnvA accreditation in 2017, changing into the primary airline within the Center East to take action.

The airline has since performed a key function in contributing to the profitable growth of the IEnvA programme. The programme covers all points of Qatar Airways international operations, together with flight and floor operations and company actions.