Lufthansa Group, beginning Nov. 30, will offer what it calls a test of its Green Fares on 12 long-haul flights, with Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss carriers participating, the company announced Thursday. The Group also offers Green Fares for routes with connecting flights.
The company’s Green Fares include compensation for carbon emissions within the ticket price. This is achieved through a combination of use of sustainable aviation fuel and contributions to climate protection projects, according to Lufthansa.
U.S. routes with Green Fares now available include Zurich-Los Angeles and Frankfurt-Miami. The remaining 10 routes are between European gateway cities and destinations in Africa and Asia.
For the long-haul routes, a traveler’s CO2 emissions for that flight are reduced by 10 percent through the use of SAF, with the remaining 90 percent offset by contributions to climate protection projects, according to the company. Lufthansa began offering Green Fares in Europe in February after a pilot in the Scandinavian market. The short-haul flights are compensated with 20 percent use of SAF and 80 percent offsets.
Since the expansion earlier this year, “more than half a million passengers have already opted for a Green Fares flight,” according to the company.
