In the wake of rising emissions, carbon tax and a global push to combat climate change, Etihad Airways, in partnership with Boeing, announced on Monday that one of its B787 Dreamliner airplanes would be used to test initiatives that will attempt to help reduce global carbon emissions.
The one-of-a-kind 787 Dreamliner, renamed ‘Greenliner’, will come into operation early next year and will be used to test technology, products and initiatives designed to enable environmentally sustainable air travel.
Speaking after the announcement, Tony Douglas, CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, said the rapid growth of air travel had placed the burden of responsibility on the aviation sector to reduce its ever-growing carbon footprint.
“It is the responsibility of the aviation industry to reverse this trend,” he said.
