SWISS will extend the ‘Green Fares’ to all its long-haul services from 4 December 2024, together with its sister airlines in the Lufthansa Group. The Green Fare product includes a price component for offsetting the carbon emissions generated by the customer’s air travel.
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By opting for a Green Fare for their long-haul flight, SWISS customers will reduce the carbon emissions generated by their individual air travel by 10 per cent through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The remaining 90 per cent of such emissions will be offset through a financial contribution to quality climate protection projects. For flights within Europe and to North Africa, the Green Fares reduction/offset mechanism remains as at present: 20 per cent of emissions will be reduced through the use of SAF, and the remaining 80 per cent will be offset by supporting climate protection projects.
SWISS has been trialing the extension of its Green Fares to its long-haul services in advance of their expansion networkwide by offering these fares on selected long-haul routes. The fares have proved particularly popular on SWISS’s Zurich-Los Angeles route, with 6 per cent of travelers choosing the new fare option.
SWISS first introduced its Green Fares in August 2022 on certain short-haul routes, and has been expanding the product ever since. On SWISS’s domestic services, the Green Fare is the only fare available.
Five per cent of SWISS travelers opted to make an active contribution to more sustainable air travel last year, with the number of SWISS Business customers doing so as high as 20 per cent. SWISS avoided some 5,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 through its use of sustainable aviation fuel, while a further 48,500 tonnes of CO₂ emissions were offset through investments in climate protection projects. This is the equivalent of the CO₂ emissions produced by around 400 flights from Zurich to New York.
