Ascend Airways’ Sustainability Policy aims to enhance the experience for everyone and everything our business interacts with including, but not limited to, our people, customers, other businesses, suppliers, local communities, and the environment by consistently achieving our objectives.
We will be taking the following steps to meet our targets.
- Investing in the latest technology passenger aircraft. Our fleet will consist of new-generation Boeing 737 aircraft, both NG and MAX variants with a focus on adding further MAX variants as one of the most fuel-efficient aircraft in operation in the world today.
- Reduce emissions through safe, efficient, and effective operating procedures.
- Working closely with our customers to inform them on emissions, aiming to eliminate or reduce the number of positioning flights and making informed decisions on where to fly from.
- Working with our suppliers and customers to offer flights using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
- Introduce a policy that any new aircraft added to the fleet must meet Chapter 4 noise criteria.
- Reduce the use of plastics onboard our flights by, whenever possible, using bamboo cutlery, meal boxes made with sustainable cardboard, use of reusable crockery, melamine and stainless-steel catering equipment and linen napkins will also be preferred to single-use alternatives.
- Water will be available in sustainable recyclable paper cartons on request.
- Engage with the wider aviation industry and partners to understand, develop, and where possible, adopt new technology, capabilities, and operating procedures as they become available to continually improve our sustainability strategy and reduce emissions.
- Implement policy across our wider business to ensure sustainability targets are met including areas such, as but not limited to;
- General procurement policy.
- Any business vehicles and ground equipment will where possible be EVs and electrically powered.
- Business travel.
- Energy efficient offices and business practices (either directly or in conjunction with any landlords and to include EV charging points where possible as well as energy efficient heating and power supply).
