passengers of the airline Swiss in the future to compensate for in the booking process, the climate impacts of their flights, even via the purchase of alternative fuels financially. On the platform, “Compensaid” will be offered to the passenger, the required amount of Kerosene from sustainable raw materials to buy.
the Swiss integrates the “Compensaid”offer of the parent company Lufthansa in your booking portal. The platform had completed its test phase successfully and am now available, explained to Swiss on Thursday. The offer to compensate for the CO2 by investing in climate protection projects of the Foundation “myclimate”, is still available.
“The use of synthetic fuel is one of the most promising options to fly to long-term climate neutral”, is a Swiss Chef Thomas Klühr quoted in the statement. An industry-wide use of the so-called Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) fail so far, but the quantity available and the high cost.
fly with edible fats
The Lufthansa group, which includes the fuel, according to information from the Finnish producer Neste Oil. The sustainable kerosene is produced from old cooking fat. The alternative of kerosene, therefore, is currently around four times as expensive as fossil fuel.
An increased demand, accelerate the construction of larger and more efficient production facilities and could in the long term lead to a price level with fossil fuels is comparable.
205 franc to New York
The compensation is, among other things, depending on the distance and passenger class. In the case of an Economy flight from Zurich to London, to the use of alternative fuel would result in a fee of 48 Swiss francs.
In the case of compensation through climate protection projects in which the trees planted in a period of 20 years, the specified amount of CO2 from 90 kilograms to bind to, to fall to 2.30 francs. However, the passengers can freely choose in what ratio the two ways to combine.
After New York, the extra charge for the alternative fuel 205 francs for the trees 9,90 CHF are due.
According to the Swiss amounted to 2018, the average specific fuel consumption was 3.11 litres per 100 flown passenger kilometers. In the past 15 years, the consumption had been reduced by approximately 29 percent. On short-haul routes, the specific fuel consumption is higher than on long-haul routes. (anf/dmj)
Created: 14.11.2019, 14:58 PM
