Million Air Launches Green Initiative

Houston-based FBO chain Million Air has unveiled a two-pronged sustainability plan, with the goal of achieving net-zero in carbon emissions by 2023. This past June, the company’s Burbank, California location became its first to offer sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with each 8,000-gallon truckload providing a 22-tonne lifecycle carbon reduction.

Million Air is also making environmental improvements at its facilities, with its Westchester County, New York location slated to be the first to achieve net-zero. It has been converted to 100 percent LED lighting supplemented by natural light, and hangar roofs received reflective white coatings to reduce heat gain in the summer. In addition, Million Air will invest in high-quality carbon offsets.

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The Westchester County, New York, facility has fireplaces, luxurious furnishings, a golf simulator, and a Starbucks.

Other measures include the replacement of styrofoam cups with paper ones at its coffee bars, initiating recycling of refuse, adding electric vehicle charging stations, and running biodiesel in its ground service equipment. Further initiatives call for the use of high-carbon-uptake plants in landscaping and installation of solar energy panels at suitable locations.

“Our strategy recognizes there are two sides to general aviation’s opportunities to reduce carbon,” said chief brand officer Sandy Nelson, "not only by providing SAF to our carbon reduction–committed customers but also ensuring Million Air is equally focused on carbon-reduction efforts at its own facilities.”