Lufthansa Group has agreed to pre-purchase from Airbus “verified and durable” carbon-removal credits of 40,000 metric tons of CO2 over a four-year period, the airline company announced Wednesday. The credits will be issued by Airbus through its Airbus Carbon Capture Offer service, and the certificates will be available beginning in 2026. The value of the pre-purchased credits was not disclosed.
The carbon emissions will be removed from the air using high-powered fans, then stored underground “in geologic saline formations,” according to Lufthansa. The carbon-capture technology also will be a “building block for the production of next-generation sustainable aviation fuels.”
The credit program is based on Airbus’ partnership with U.S.-based company 1PointFive, which includes the pre-purchase of carbon-removal credits of 400,000 metric tons of CO2 to be delivered over four years, according to Lufthansa.
