Green Continental
June 17, 2008 – 3:42 pmOn a recent trip to Cleveland, I had the (surprising) pleasure of flying Continental. Ever since I caught Continental’s talk at the 2008 Transportation research Board annual meeting on their environmental practices, I’ve been wanting to see if it was PR or reality.
Well, after 1. being yelled at by a flight attendant for almost putting a plastic cup in the aluminum recycling bag, and 2. starting up the second engine after taxing out to the runway, I can at least confirm they are carrying out the practices they have reported doing, as noted on Continental’s environmental website and in their talks.
While they are still an airline, and still emitting lots of local pollutants and GHG emissions, they are taking steps to protect the environment.
Another note: While on my flight on last week, I read about how Continental is planning to cut capacity in September 2008. They are pulling their flights from Houston to Oakland — sad news for OAK which has seen Aloha, ATA, and Skybus either go bankrupt or pulled out of Oakland. But, potentially good news for the system — Cranky flyer has a great post here about what he sees happening with these capacity cuts.
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