Private jet passengers whose consciences are troubled by their jet’s contribution to global warming can now rest easier with the new CarbonNeutral option for Air Partner’s JetCard block charter program. Customers pay a 2-percent supplement to their flight-hour costs, and Air Partner channels this money into four climate-friendly energy and technology projects to offset the damage done by the aircraft’s engine emissions.
If the market responds positively to the initiative, Air Partner intends to expand the program to its ad hoc charter brokering services. “Today is the first step on the road to converting ourselves to being carbon neutral; JetCard is a small part of our business, but its high profile has made it a natural starting point for the group to focus on its strategy to take responsibility for its environmental impact,” commented Air Partner CEO David Savile at the December 3 launch of the CarbonNeutral option.
Funds raised by the 2-percent supplement are invested in the following four climate-friendly energy and technology projects: capturing agricultural methane from pig dung in Germany to generate electricity for farms and reduce the harmful effect of the gas itself; providing solar energy for Indian villagers; a wind farm in Turkey; and hydro-electric power generation in Central America.
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