United Airlines nabs an eco-accolade

United Airlines has been named Eco-Airline of the Year by Air Transport World. The award recognises an airline in global commercial aviation for its environmental action within the company and in the larger airline industry. United nabbed the honour for multiple initiatives in 2016 and previous years. Among those initiatives was a move to use commercial-scale volumes of sustainable aviation biofuel for regularly scheduled flights. United also invested US$30m in alternative aviation fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, representing the single-largest investment by any airline globally in alternative fuels. United also partnered with Clean the World organisation to repurpose items from the carrier's international premium cabin amenity kits and donate them to those in critical need of such products. <br/>