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Which airlines that fly to Spain have carbon offsetting programs?

By Damian Corrigan, About.com

Question: Which airlines that fly to Spain have carbon offsetting programs?

Many airlines have optional programs that allow you to carbon offset your flight, for a small extra charge. The only airline to have absorbed carbon offsetting into their existing prices (thus making it compulsory to carbon offset and making their airline effectively carbon neutral) is Silverjet, though they do not have flights to Spain.

Answer:

On this page you will find the airlines that do and do not have carbon offsetting schemes.

Airlines that have carbon offsetting schemes

If you know of any other airlines that fly to Spain and offer carbon offsetting, please email me.

Airlines that do not offer carbon offsetting schems

The following airlines do not appear to have any carbon offsetting schemes on their site.

  • BMI
  • Ryanair
  • Germanwings
  • Thomsonfly (Though they are making efforts to make their flights more green - read about Thomsonfly and Sustainable Tourism)
  • Air Europa
  • Iberia
  • Jet2
  • Flyglobespan
  • American Airlines (Though they have installed special winglets on their planes they claim cut fuel consumption and therefore carbon emissions. Read more here.)
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