Green kerosene, a product with low greenhouse gas emissions, is very expensive. 132201390/motive56 – stock.adobe.com
DECRYPT – Airlines will raise fares because green kerosene is much more expensive.
Flying clean has a cost. Airline customers will quickly notice this. The incorporation of sustainable fuel in place of conventional kerosene will increase the price of air tickets.
The explanation? Whether it is biofuel from biomass or synthetic fuel (made from carbon-free electricity), these products that emit little greenhouse gas are expensive, very expensive: four to eight times more than fuel classic. Of course, we can hope that by structuring itself, the sector will manage to lower the prices of this green energy. But there will always be an additional cost.
An essential item of expenditure
However, fuel is an essential item of expenditure for airlines: on average 25% on a medium-haul flight, even more on a long-haul one. As the proportion of mandatory sustainable fuel increases in the tank, the bill will inexorably swell.
On each flight departing from France, the law has provided since last year that 1%…
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