THE green transformation of China’s civil aviation industry is generating new business opportunities and vast space for innovation to industry players both at home and globally. The civil aviation authorities are committed to pushing forward the green transformation to ensure the industry’s sustainable and healthy development, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). In view of the goals of peaking its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060, China is speeding up the transformation to a clean and low-carbon energy consumption structure. The 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) is key for the civil aviation industry to upgrade from energy conservation and emission reduction to green and low-carbon development, said Zhang Qing, an official of the CAAC. “Eyeing the carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality goals, we will safeguard the lifeline of safety and balance the ambition and pragmatic style of work.” Zhang said. The CAAC will take carbon reduction as the key to promoting the green transformation, which highlights intelligence, greener energy and emissions reduction. The civil aviation authorities and industry players have introduced diverse efforts such as upgrading infrastructure, improving operation management and introducing new technologies. On Nov. 12, Xiamen Airlines and the Industrial Bank jointly introduced the country’s first carbon-neutrality ticket, a move to generate efforts from diverse parties to boost low-carbon flight. While a passenger buys such a carbon-neutrality ticket, a share of the fare will be placed into the marine carbon sink fund to offset some of the carbon emissions from the flight. The ticket and the flight will be certified as carbon neutral. (Xinhua) | 