Push for change

You can check the emissions by using Finnair’s emissions calculator at https://www.finnair.com/th/gb/emissions-calculator. The emissions calculator uses the actual fuel consumption data per passenger on actual Finnair flights.

The compensation is calculated by counting how much it costs to reduce 1,000 CO₂ kilograms in the chosen emissions reduction project: in the project we have chosen, it costs €6 to reduce 1,000 CO₂ kilograms.

The emissions compensation for each flight is based on this price and the average emissions per passenger on a domestic flight, a flight within Europe and an intercontinental flight. The emissions reductions in the emissions reduction project we have chosen for this service have been verified reliably with a Gold Standard certificate that was established by environmental organisations.

Yes, the full amount paid is transferred to an emissions reduction project or biofuel purchases.

In the future, the service will include other projects as well. An important criterion for us is that the emissions reduction can be reliably verified in all included projects.

The biofuel we use is made from used cooking oil in Los Angeles, California, and we fly our biofuel flights from San Francisco. The number of flights flown by Finnair with biofuel will be determined by the level of investments from customers. In aviation, biofuel is always blended with traditional jet fuel, and the typical mix is some percentages of biofuel.

If possible, take direct and short routes, combine different forms of transit (for example, a train journey with a flight) and fly with airlines that use modern and fuel-efficient aircraft fleet. You can also directly influence the fuel consumption by packing lightly. If every Finnair passenger would have travelled with one kilogram less baggage in 2018, the fuel savings would cover 20 flights from Helsinki to Tokyo.