On January 1, 2022, Tradewind committed to all flights in North America and the Caribbean meeting a 4AIR Level 1 Carbon Neutral rating at no cost to clientele.
Tradewind Aviation, the market leader in regional air mobility, is committing to sustainability via a new Carbon Offset Program that will see the company become carbon neutral for all Tradewind-operated flights throughout North America and the Caribbean. This program commits that all flights will meet a Level 1 Carbon Neutral rating with Tradewind’s sustainability partners at 4AIR.
An upgrade of the airline’s existing carbon offset effort that launched in fall 2020, Tradewind’s new Carbon Offset Program is inspired by the growing passion of the company’s leadership to take the consequences of climate change seriously and make a real effort to reduce them. The new program went into effect on January 1, 2022.
In fall 2020, Tradewind launched its first carbon offset initiative, offering clients the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions of their flight activity through small fees. The offset – totally voluntary, available at booking, and applicable to Tradewind’s scheduled service and private charter flights, as well as the airline’s Goodspeed Flight Card program – was affordable at just $7 for an hour of flight time. An hour of flight time equates to Tradewind flying a Pilatus PC-12 from White Plains, New York to Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts, or from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to St. Jean, St. Barths.
The original initiative was highly effective, with contributions from customers offsetting 160.3mT of carbon as of December 31, 2021. It was also well received, with Tradewind clients impressed with its promise and pleased with its low cost. Tradewind expects clients to be onboard with its new Carbon Offset Program. Distinct from its forerunner, the new program will see the company cover 100% of the cost of the carbon offsets, with an automated technology employed to ensure it applies to every Tradewind flight, whatever the destination, duration, or model of aircraft flown.
Sustainability has long been front-of-mind for Tradewind’s leadership, as well as an accomplishable goal with the company employing smaller, efficient turbo jets since 2002. The current Tradewind fleet includes 18 single-engine Pilatus PC-12s, which require only 70 gallons of jet fuel per hour of flying time for an hourly carbon footprint of just .76mT (metric tons), and 3 Citation CJ3s, which require 173 gallons of fuel per hour for an hourly carbon footprint of 1.65mT. By comparison, a King Air 3501 requires 140 gallons of jet fuel and leaves an hourly carbon footprint of X1.35mT, while a Hawker 400X light business jet guzzles 222 gallons of fuel per hour for an hourly footprint of 2.12mT.
“Climate change is among pressing issues of our day, and we’ve made the decision for Tradewind Aviation to be on the right side of it, funding sustainability through carbon offsets on every flight at no cost to our clients,” said Eric Zipkin, Co-Founder and CEO. “Indeed, our new Carbon Offset Program is structured in such a way that passengers needn’t even think about it to make a contribution to combatting climate change – though of course, we hope they do.”
For more information or to make reservations with Tradewind Aviation, please call (800)-376-7922, visit www.flytradewind.com or follow Tradewind Aviation on Facebook @Tradewindaviation, Instagram/Twitter @flytradewind and LinkedIn.
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About Tradewind Aviation:
Founded in 2001 on the principle that every flight deserves the highest quality aircraft, crew and service, Tradewind Aviation is the market leader in regional air mobility, operating on-demand private charter flights throughout North America and the Caribbean in their fleet of Citation Jet and Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Tradewind also operates scheduled shared charter flights on its modern fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Scheduled destinations include Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Newport, RI and Stowe, VT from the New York area and throughout the Caribbean including San Juan, St. Barth, Anguilla, Antigua, and St. Thomas.
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