Lufthansa chief urges govts to support carbon-neutral fuels

Lufthansa CE Carsten Spohr has committed to lowering the airline group's greenhouse-gas emissions through the use of new eco-friendly fuels such as synthetic kerosene. Spohr says that synthetic kerosene offered a realistic means of achieving carbon-neutral flying, but highlighted the need for a "strong, joint commitment from industry and politics to promoting sustainable fuels". Spohr believes that govts should move to incentivise climate protection within the industry. "It would make sense to invest in the market development of CO2-neutral fuels or other measures that make air transport more climate-friendly," he says. At a cost of around E1.2b (US$1.3b), this could be funded by the German federal govt through aviation tax, Spohr suggests. <br/>