Atlas-blue launches carbon offset option
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Moroccan low cost carrier, Atlas-blue, a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc, is set to become the first carrier in Africa and the second carrier serving the European continent to offer a carbon offset option as an integrated part of its booking platform.
Atlas-blue passengers reserving a flight on the carrier’s website will now have the option of cancelling out the harmful carbon emitted during their trip by contributing to carbon-neutralizing projects elsewhere around the globe.
The carbon offset programme, which is powered by Airsavings SA, a global supplier of back-end technology to low-cost carriers, calculates the emissions of a flight based on distance travelled and fuel consumed, along with load factor, capacity and radiation effect.
The program automatically computes a monetary contribution based on these factors sufficient to neutralise the tonnage of carbon emitted. The offset contributions (calculated in Euros) go directly to ActionCarbone, a joint nonprofit, European-sponsored organisation that funds carbon-offsetting projects in the fields of forestry, agricultural forestry, energy-efficiency and renewable energies across the world.
© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 14-Apr-08
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