A senior official said that two years back, Air India has committed to go green and aims to become India’s first green airline.

Now as a part of process, national air-carrier, Air India has sketched the company’ corporate environment policy, said by Chairman and Managing Director, Arvind Jadhav. The policy includes reduction in carbon emission, noise and other forms of pollution along with cutting down of consumption of fuel and other natural resources.

Air India's Quality Management Systems Head, Harpreet A De Singh said that as Air India aims to go green, the company had plans to introduce a documentation management system and had developed tactics to use electronic and e-filing system to reduce the use of paper.

The policy involves continuous measuring, monitoring, reporting and improving of environmental performance by using sufficient resources to meet the environmental objectives.

Another official of Air India said that air line would turn paperless except in few areas where it is mandatory by law.

Two years ago, Air India has already executed the Fuel Gap Analysis along with International Air Transport Association (IATA), and also taken sufficient measures to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emission. The company claims that it had reduced carbon dioxide emission by 38 crore kilos through various green measures.