Flights row: Transport Scotland was challenged to cut number of flights. Pic: © STV
Scots transport officials took more than 600 flights within the UK last year - and also flew to destinations including South Korea, Peru, Venezuela and South Africa.
Transport Scotland, which has 280 staff, also recorded 33 flights to Dusseldorf and 17 to Amsterdam in the past year, figures released on Sunday show.
The body had set a target of reducing annual emissions from air journeys, particularly between Scotland and London, by 20,000kg of carbon dioxide between 2010 and 2013 - a 20% reduction.
The Liberal Democrats, which obtained the figures, attacked the number of flights. Transport spokeswoman Alison McInnes said: "This is Scotland's transport agency - the body supposed to be helping us reduce our emissions. They have produced more than 100 tonnes of CO2 by flying, both at home and abroad."
A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said its travel plan was the first in the UK to set targets for both business travel and staff travel commuting to and from work.
She said: "We continue to lead the field in this regard, however we know there is more to do and that is why we are doubling our efforts.
"Our recently published revised plan focuses on business travel and sets challenging targets for reducing emissions by 15% overall by 2013 and 20% for air travel.
"But that is just the start as we are aiming for an overall 25% reduction by 2020."
Howver, Mrs McInnes called on the Scottish Government to "get a grip" on its transport agency.
She said: "Transport Scotland should be leading by example and using low-carbon modes of transport such as the train wherever possible. People will find advice from Transport Scotland hard to swallow if they know how much emissions are being produced by their own officials."
The World Wildlife Fund challenged Transport Scotland to sign up to its One in Five scheme, which asks businesses and government agencies to cut at least one in five flights within five years.
Director Dr Richard Dixon said: "Air travel is the fastest growing source of climate change emissions and has the potential to swamp all the efforts in other sectors to reduce emissions.
"Transport Scotland staff should be leading by example, not jumping on a plane at the drop of a hat as they seem to be doing now."
