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MORE passengers flying into Ballina-Byron airport chose to offset their carbon emissions than any other Jetstar airport, according to the airlines figures.
A list released this week showed 19.2 per cent of people flying with Jetstar into the Ballina-Byron airport between September 2007 and June 2008 opted to fork out the extra $2.50 for carbon neutral travel.
This percentage was head-and-shoulders above the next carbon-friendly destination, Hobart, which had 12.35pc of incoming passengers electing to buy carbon-offset tickets.
The Avalon-Geelong airport ranked third with 11.31pc.
Out of the 16 Australian Jetstar airport destinations, the Gold Coast was positioned 13th, with only 9.3pc of incoming passengers going green. At the bottom of the carbon-friendly ladder was Fraser Coast, with only 8.18pc opting for carbon offsets.
For Erin Clugston, of Lennox Head, who yesterday flew to Canberra to meet family in Cooma, forking out the extra $2.50 was preferable to paying credit card transaction fees.