THE INITIAL RESPONSE FROM LARGE CORPORATE JET OPERATORS IS A GOOD START

Source: Victor

There are a number of companies which operate fleets of private jets on a shared ownership or charter basis. Let’s take a look at what they are doing in terms of sustainability.

Victor, which charters private jets for members, has two carbon reduction mechanisms:

The first is that it shows members the least fuel and CO2-intensive aircraft when presenting booking options, much in the same way as Google Flights now presents CO2 information when booking commercial flights.

The second is that Victor allows corporate members to buy the equivalent SAF from Neste to offset their flight.

That works under a so-called ‘book-and-claim’ system, where rather than the SAF being literally in the aircraft you are flying, you are buying the equivalent amount put into the system.

The best parallel is that it’s like a renewable energy electricity tariff for your home where your house isn’t powered by solar energy. Meanwhile, shared ownership operator Flexjet uses carbon offsetting, automatically offsetting all flights by 300% through the Sustainability 4Air programme.

JetFly claims to fly the least carbon-intensive private aircraft (the Pilatus PC-12) and offers clients the chance to offset their flights.