BA announced plans on Thursday morning (10 October) to invest €3.2 million (£2.85 million) a year on international carbon reduction projects.
That figure, it says, is based on the current cost of carbon, and would offset 400,000 tonnes of CO2 pollution caused by its UK domestic flights each year.
However, Justin Francis, chief executive of Responsible Travel, said BA’s action was an “excuse to pollute more”.
“This is absolutely the worst case of greenwashing," he said. "It is symptomatic of all that is wrong with aviation’s approach to reducing emissions in the climate crisis."
