(TAN): SWISS recently integrated the options it offers its customers to make their air travel carbon-neutral into the flight booking process. The new facility makes it much easier for the customer to purchase sustainable aviation fuel or to invest in the climate protection projects of the Swiss-based myclimate foundation. Further sustainability options are also being developed, the airline said in a statement.
SWISS travellers can now make their air journey carbon-neutral when they book their flight on swiss.com, by purchasing a commensurate amount of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) or by investing in climate protection projects. The carbon-offset option is then paid for together with the flight ticket in a single step at the end of the booking process.
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“Our long-term sustainability strategy at SWISS is an ambitious one that rests on multiple pillars,” said Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. “Along with our commitment to actively promote the use of new technologies such as solar fuel, it’s very important to us to ensure that existing means of making air travel carbon-neutral are as accessible as possible for our customers. And integrating our carbon-offset options directly into the flight booking process is an important step in doing so.”
Three options for carbon-neutral flying
SWISS customers are now offered three options for offsetting the carbon dioxide emissions that will be generated by their air travel immediately after they have made their ticket choice.
1. They can purchase a commensurate amount of SAF, sustainably manufactured kerosene of non-fossil origin. The SAF presently used by SWISS is made from biogenic waste, and thus makes a contribution to the circular economy.
2. SWISS customers can make their planned air travel carbon-neutral by investing in the projects of the myclimate foundation, a Swiss-based non-profit organization that oversees various programmes which are taking concrete action for effective climate protection.
3. SWISS customers can also combine the SAF and the myclimate options to offset their carbon emissions.
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As an employer, too, SWISS promotes carbon-neutral aviation. The company has been fully offsetting the carbon dioxide emissions generated by its employees’ duty air travel since 2019 through myclimate and its climate protection projects.
SWISS will be offering its customers further ways and means of sustainable air travel in the years ahead, together with the Lufthansa Group.
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