FINNAIR UPS THE ANTE ON SUSTAINABILITY

FINNAIR is upping the ante with plans to cut its carbon emissions by 50% in the next five years and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 at the latest. The airline says it is the ‘most ambitious sustainability strategy in the aviation industry’ and its plans ‘clearly exceed the industry’s common targets’.

Its action plan includes a €3.5-€4billion investment in its fleet in the next five years, reducing emissions from its European traffic by 10%-15%, as well as a new partnership with Neste to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

It will also reduce the load onboard every flight, in part by ending its inflight retail sales within the EU, and reduce both single-use plastics and food waste by 50% by the end of 2022.

The airline will invest €60million in improving the operational efficiency and fuel efficiency of every flight, and offset the carbon emissions of corporate customers’ flights from September 1 this year.