SeaPort: America's First Green Airline to Fully Mitigate Its Jet Fuel Consumption

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite soaring jet fuel prices and struggling big airlines, an upstart commuter airline is not only starting a new and revolutionary air service, but also making a commitment to fully mitigate the environmental impact of the jet fuel it burns. In June, SeaPort launched a new regularly scheduled commercial air service between Seattle and Portland, offering multiple flights a day. SeaPort customers can arrive 15 minutes before their flight and avoid the hassles of TSA. Flights depart from SeaPort’s own terminal at PDX and out of Boeing Field, only 15 minutes from downtown Seattle.

Today SeaPort announces it is donating the equivalent of “carbon offset” funds by joining in a partnership with Vancouver, Washington-based Columbia Land Trust to help preserve forestland in the Pacific Northwest. The Columbia Land Trust uses financial contributions from private donors to identify priority conservations lands to purchase with significant scenic, recreation or habitat qualities. The Land Trust works exclusively with willing landowners to find ways to permanently conserve the scenic and natural values of the land and water.

SeaPort Airlines operates Pilatus PC-12 aircrafts, a Swiss-built pressurized turboprop that burns only 51 gallons of jet fuel per Seattle-Portland segment, on average. “By operating one of the most efficient aircraft in commercial aviation, not only are we able to control our jet fuel costs, but we’re also able to go one step further and mitigate the environmental impact of our fuel consumption,” said Kent Craford, SeaPort Airlines CEO.

“We wanted to put that money into an environmental project that is local, tangible and provides a long-term benefit to the Pacific Northwest. In the Columbia Land Trust, we’ve found an organization doing just that,” added Craford.

SeaPort Airlines is an FAA Part 135 certified regularly scheduled air service. SeaPort Air and its sister airline, Wings of Alaska, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of SeaPort Air Group, LLC, a Portland-based company founded by Portland investors John Beardsley, Tom Carrollo and Kent Craford.

For reservations or more details about SeaPort Airlines, visit www.SeaPortAir.com or call 888-573-2767.

Columbia Land Trust is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to conserving signature landscapes and vital habitat together with the landowners and communities of the Columbia River region. The Land Trust conserves lands in both Oregon and Washington, from the east side of the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean. For more information contact Columbia Land Trust at 360-696-0131, 503-224-3601, or www.columbialandtrust.org.

SeaPort Airlines
Kent Craford, 503-970-4978
kent@seaportair.com
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Kate Ottum, 503-241-1124
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