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Lufthansa Boss Laments Low Pax Interest in Offsetting Carbon
The CEO of the German airline group calls for a rationalization of the debate of air transport’s impact on climate change.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said that Lufthansa is gradually integrating the option to pay for CO2 compensation into the booking process of all its airlines. (Photo: Lufthansa)
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said that Lufthansa is gradually integrating the option to pay for CO2 compensation into the booking process of all its airlines. (Photo: Lufthansa)

A growing number of airlines are offering passengers a voluntary CO2 offset scheme; however, passengers are not picking up on the possibility to fly carbon neutral despite a growing public concern about the environmental impact of air transport. “The numbers are quite low,” IATA chairman and Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told media at the IATA Wings of Change Europe conference in Berlin. Less than one percent of passengers in Europe currently compensate for their carbon footprint, according to Spohr, who added that the number actually is “only 0.1 percent.”