Manuel Piรฑuela, founder and CEO of Cultivo; Alejandro Muguerza, National Fundraising Director for the Mexican Red Cross; Enrique Calderon, Vice President of Hotel Operations of Grupo Posadas; and Cuitlahuac Gutierrez, Mexico’s Country Manager of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), participated as guests during the presentation.
The guests discussed relevant topics of the airline industry, as well as actions and practices in social and environmental matters, aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
In a corporate video, the airline summarized its 2020 sustainability strategy with messages from its CEO and different air and ground employees representing all the company’s divisions.
Andres Conesa, CEO, and Sergio Allard, Executive Vice President Legal and Institutional Relations, expressed that although 2020 was one of the most challenging years in the airline industry history, the carrier did not and will not stop flying and recognized the efforts of all employees and its four unions.
Aeromexico flew through the turbulence without ceasing to achieve goals that allowed it to comply with its sustainability strategy. Some of its milestones were:
Initiated a voluntary financial restructuring process to maintain its viability.
Carried more than 9.4 million customers.
Performed the longest flight in the history of Mexican aviation, traveling more than 14,000 kilometers from Hong Kong to Mexico City.
Created its Health and Sanitization Management System (HSMS) to take care of customers and employees, through which it managed to sanitize airplanes more than 46,000 times, distribute more than 30,000 liters of hand sanitizer and other protocols on the ground and onboard all its flights.
Complied with CORSIA, an emissions compensation and reduction scheme created by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Reduced aircraft fuel consumption.
Eliminated single-use plastics on all flights.
Acquired carbon credits through the "Vuela Verde" program to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
Joined efforts with the Mexican government, the Mexican Red Cross, and the private sector to ship medical supplies through more than 300 flights to 16 countries.
Repatriated more than 2,400 Mexicans and 4,400 foreigners.
Continued to team up with the Mexican Human Rights Commission to help combat human trafficking.
The full report is here.
