Saudi low-cost airline flynas announced joining the United Nations Global Compact, becoming the first airline in the Kingdom and the first low-cost airline in the Middle East to join the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.
The UN Global Compact, formally launched in July 2000, is a voluntary UN agreement designed to encourage companies around the world to develop, implement and disclose responsible and sustainable corporate policies and practices.
flynas is the first company to issue digital tickets in 2007 as well as boarding passes, and the first to allow online payment in the Kingdom.
“We are proud to be the first carrier in Saudi Arabia and the first LCC in the Middle East to join the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, a step enhancing flynas leadership since its launch in 2007 in adopting projects and initiatives with a sustainable impact on the environment, society, and the economy, and solidifying our efforts to draft a sustainable future vision for the aviation industry,” said Bander Almohanna, CEO and Managing Director of flynas.
He continued: “We place sustainability at the core of flynas’ operations, in line with the Kingdom’s goals to reach zero neutrality in greenhouse gas emissions by 2060.”
A report on sustainability data in flynas during the years 2021 and 2022 monitored a decrease in carbon emissions from the company’s operations during 18 months, equivalent to planting 6.44 million trees, through three tracks: raising fuel efficiency, promoting digital transformation, and adopting sustainable initiatives that impact the environment, society and the economy.
Since its inception, the company focuses on adopting digital transformation as a strategic pillar in its operational and commercial operations, to reduce the use of paper and save fuel.
The airline relied on smart devices in the procedures manuals inside the cockpit, and also adopted software and technical solutions to enhance the functions of maintenance, engineering and logistics.