Air Elite by World Fuel (Air Elite) recently announced that 43 member locations have become carbon-neutral. Working with Air Elite’s network locations, World Fuel Services’ affiliate, World Kinect Energy Services, analysed the member’s energy use and retired carbon offsets to compensate for their 2019 scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions. World Kinect Energy Services is a global leader in sustainability consulting, renewable energy and carbon solutions. Additionally, Air Elite and World Fuel Services has launched the same process to balance its 2020 scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions and has committed to becoming a sustainable network in 2020 and beyond.
The 43 Air Elite member locations who have achieved carbon neutrality for 2019 include:
CYWG Fast Air Jet Centre Winnipeg, Canada
EDDL Jet Aviation Düsseldorf, Germany
EGBB XLR Executive Jet Centre Birmingham, United Kingdom
EGGW Harrods Aviation London – Luton, United Kingdom
EGSS Harrods Aviation London – Stansted, United Kingdom
ESSB Grafair Jet Center Stockholm, Sweden
KBED Jet Aviation – Boston Bedford, Massachusetts KCPS Jet Aviation – St. Louis Cahokia, Illinois
KDAL Jet Aviation Dallas, Texas
KDHN Aero-One Aviation Dothan, Alabama
KDLH Monaco Air Duluth Duluth, Minnesota
KFNL Fort Collins-Loveland jetCenter Loveland, Colorado
KFTY Hill Aircraft Atlanta, Georgia
KHND Henderson Executive Airport Henderson, Nevada KHOU Jet Aviation Houston, Texas
KIAD Jet Aviation Washington/Dulles, Virginia
KLBE Vee Neal Aviation Latrobe, Pennsylvania
KLEB Granite Air Center West Lebanon, New Hampshire
KLGB Ross Aviation Long Beach, California
KLNK Silverhawk Aviation Lincoln, Nebraska
KPBI Jet Aviation West Palm Beach, Florida
KPHX Swift Aviation Phoenix, Arizona
KPTK Maven by Midfield Waterford, Michigan
KSRQ Ross Aviation – Rectrix Sarasota, Florida
KSSI Golden Isles Aviation St. Simons Island, Georgia KTEB Jet Aviation Teterboro, New Jersey
KVGT North Las Vegas Airport Las Vegas, Nevada KVNY Clay Lacy Aviation Van Nuys, California
LFPB Dassault Falcon Service Paris – le Bourget, France
LSGG Jet Aviation Geneva, Switzerland
LSZH Jet Aviation Zurich, Switzerland
OMDB Jet Aviation Dubai, United Arab Emirates
PANC Great Circle Flight Services Anchorage, Alaska (Operated by Ross Aviation)
RKSS Avjet Asia -SGBAC Seoul, South Korea
SCEL FBO Aerocardal Limitada Santiago, Chile
SDCO World-Way Aviation Sorocaba, Brazil
SEQM Ecuacentair Quito, Ecuador
TJSJ Jet Aviation San Juan, Puerto Rico
WSSL Jet Aviation Singapore
YBBN Jet Aviation Brisbane, Australia
YBCS Jet Aviation Cairns, Australia
YPPH Jet Aviation Perth, Australia
YSSY Jet Aviation Sydney, Australia
In addition to their Air Elite member locations, Jet Aviation made its operations carbon-neutral at the following six locations:
EHAM Jet Aviation Amsterdam, Netherlands
OEJN Jet Aviation Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
OERK Jet Aviation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
EHRD Jet Aviation Rotterdam, The Hague, Netherlands KVNY Jet Aviation Van Nuys, California
LOWW Jet Aviation Vienna, Austria
The three newest Air Elite locations for 2021 have also committed to becoming carbon-neutral for 2021 and beyond:
KBZN Jet Aviation Bozeman, Montana
KSDL Jet Aviation Scottsdale, Arizona
KSNA Clay Lacy Aviation Orange County, California
Larry Wade, president, Golden Isles Aviation, and Air Elite board chair: “Sustainability is an important responsibility for our industry and is a growing desire for our customers. In response, Air Elite has started its sustainability journey. I am proud of the 43 Air Elite members who have stepped up to make their operations carbon-neutral. That’s not an easy investment in this COVID era. Regardless, they have taken the first strides to set a path for Air Elite to be a carbon-neutral network, as well as supporting sustainability initiatives going forward.”
Achieving carbon neutrality at 43 locations is a meaningful initial action in Air Elite’s vision of becoming a sustainable network. In association with World Fuel, the network intends to expand the sustainability program by providing conservation programs, renewable energy and expanded offset options to decarbonize their operations.
Steve Drzymalla, senior vice president for business aviation bulk fuel, World Fuel Services, stated: “We applaud the decision of Air Elite’s leadership to pursue carbon neutrality. With our solutions, we are in the position to help network members easily achieve their carbon reduction goals. With our first Sustainable Aviation Fuel shipments in 2014 to the addition of selling fuel bundled with offsets in our FBO software, World Fuel Services has and will continue to commit our resources to create a more sustainable future for our customers and the aviation industry.”