zurich indian corporates have started buying pricey sustainable aviation fuel saf for flights in a bid to cut their carbon footprint left behind during globetrotting for work the lufthansa group says 60 corporate clients in india including dalmia bharat limited hindustan book agency and vfs global have invested over euro 14 lakh towards purchase of about 22 lakh tonnes of saf for their business travel with lufthansa and swiss lufthansa has started offering green fares within europe and to north africa where any passenger can opt to pay more for saf the lufthansa group has ambitious sustainability goals and as the largest saf customer in europe has started offering green fares to markets within europe and north africa while green fares will one day be available to the indian consumer there are a variety of ways in which travellers can offset their carbon footprint when travelling said a lufthansa official while giving the example of the indian corporates who have opted to pay for saf for their official travelgabriel mueller swiss manager corporate responsibility said swiss has a longstanding commitment for sustainability our ambition is to make travel more sustainable and create lasting value for our customers employees and society to this end we have set ourselves ambitious carbon reduction targets and plan to halve our 2019 net carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and reach a carbonneutral balance by 2050 in our operations particularly by promoting the use of sustainable aviation fuels the lufthansa group is the largest saf customer in europe and among the top three worldwide it has committed euro 25 billion saf purchase in the next three years and is investing investing over euro 25 billion per year for a green fleet of latest technology aircraft and engines that cut both emissions and noise apart from boasting of higher fuel efficiency lufthansa groups goal is of becoming carbonneutral by 2050 and of cutting net carbon emissions by 50 by 2030 compared to 2019 it recently joined the first movers coalition fmc global initiative led by the world economic forum and the us department of state and has committed itself to replace at least 5 of its conventional jet fuel demand with saf by 2030 said the lufthansa officialswiss says it has become the worlds first airline to deploy aeroshark technology on its passenger aircraft the transparent aeroshark film applied to aircrafts fuselage and engine nacelles replicates the hydrodynamic skin of a shark to reduce aerodynamic drag and as a result lower both inflight fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions said a swiss officialall twelve boeing 777300er extended range aircraft of swiss have the riblet film which has been codeveloped by lufthansa technik and chemicals and coatings manufacturer basf applied to their fuselage and engine nacelles the resulting reduction in aerodynamic drag makes these b777s more than 1 more fuelefficient and this in turn will substantially further reduce our carbon dioxide emissions the aeroshark film features millions of riblets small protrusions just 50 mm