BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 16, 2022–
4AIR, the first and only rating system focused on comprehensive sustainability in private aviation, announced today that it is launching a General Aviation Program to enable private pilots to offset the impact of their own activities. to fly. Like the program for other aviation stakeholders such as business jet travel providers, brokers and flight departments, it offers an easy, turnkey solution so that private pilots can fly with confidence knowing that the impact of their flights on the environment is mitigated.
“The goal of 4AIR is to make sustainability easy and accessible for private aviation, and that now includes the general aviation population,” said Kennedy Ricci, the president of 4AIR. “We’ve heard from many private pilots, as well as people who are considering flying, that they are concerned about the impact of their trips on the environment, especially climate change. Our new program empowers individual pilots to offset the impact of their personal flying by supporting the same type of large-scale sustainability initiatives previously available only to private travel providers and their passengers.
The 4AIR General Aviation Program is designed as a monthly subscription tailored to the type of aircraft, the sustainability commitment the pilots want to make and their typical annual hours flown, to make their sustainability commitment as simple as possible.
Designed as the only turnkey sustainability solution for private aviation, the 4AIR General Aviation Program enables pilots to subscribe to the program, with 4AIR automatically managing all aspects of the program’s implementation for them, calculating emissions related to climate change and identifying solutions. The program has four increasingly progressive levels similar to those followed by business jet travel providers:
- Level 1 – Carbon Neutral: 100% offset of an aircraft’s carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint, usually through carbon credits that fund sustainability projects such as solar power.
- Level 2 – Neutral Emissions: 300% offset of an aircraft’s carbon footprint not only for CO2 but also for non-carbon emissions that affect the climate such as soot, water vapor and nitrous oxides.
- Level 3 – Beyond Neutral: 300% offset and 5% actual reduction in emissions through increased use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) credits.
- Level 4 – Climate Champion: A $2 per metric ton emissions contribution to the Aviation Climate Fund, which supports advances in sustainable aviation technology, ultimately to achieve the goal of Net Zero Flight – no additional emissions from activities to fly.
Once pilots choose a commitment level, they can sign up right on the website for a monthly subscription for their personal program. Pilots may participate regardless of whether they own or lease an aircraft and may include multiple aircraft.
Later this year, pilots will be given the option of a decal advertising the level they have achieved to add to their aircraft and a keychain upcycled from scrapped aircraft to show their sustainability commitment.
“If your aviation activities create a carbon footprint, 4AIR can help you minimize its impact,” said Ricci. “We want to give pilots, aircraft owners and passengers the ability to do the right thing for the environment, and this program does it in a way that is simple and easy to understand, making them part of to the solution.”
About 4AIR
4AIR is an industry pioneer that offers sustainability solutions that go beyond simple carbon neutrality. Its industry-first framework seeks to address climate impacts of all kinds and provides a simplified and proven path for private participants in the aviation industry to achieve significant curbs and reductions in aircraft emissions.
The 4AIR framework offers four levels, each with specific, science-based goals, independently proven results and greater sustainability impact that make it easy for private aviation users to maintaining sustainability through access to carbon markets, use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, support for new technology and other strategies.
For more information, visit us at www.4air.aero.
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