AIRLINE C ARBON OFFSET PROGRAMME S

What to expect from some of the world’s major carriers

M ost airlines now offer you the chance to voluntarily offset your flight.

Some carriers offer this at the time of booking, while many give you the choice of doing so separately. Although the principle of offsetting is simple, the more you look into it, the more complicated it can become. Here’s a round-up of what some airlines are currently offering.

QATAR AIRWAYS

Qatar Airways launched its voluntary carbon offset programme at the end of 2020 after partnering with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Climate Care. All contributions received through the programme are directed via Climate Care to the Fatanpur Wind Farm project in India.

Passengers can voluntarily offset the carbon emissions associated with their journey at the point of booking, with information available in multiple languages including Arabic, Chinese (classic), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Czech, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

The programme is built on a partnership with IATA’s carbon offset programme which “provides the assurance that the credits bought to offset these emissions are from projects delivering independently verified