Lufthansa Group Expands Green Fares to 12 Long-Haul Flights

Dark/Light Mode (05/12/23)  Lufthansa Group has expanded its Green Fares initiative to twelve long-haul flights, including from Singapore and Hong Kong to London, as well as from Bangkok to Vienna and Paris to Bangkok.

The group first introduced Green Fares on routes within Europe and to North Africa in February, and since then over 500,000 passengers have flown on the fare type.

Green Fares include the full offsetting of individual, flight-related CO2 emissions with just one click through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and a contribution to high-quality climate protection projects.

With SAF, a reduction of 10 percent of CO2 emissions is achieved, while the remaining 90 percent is offset through climate protection projects.

Lufthansa Group ensures that the amount of SAF required for offsetting is fed into the airport infrastructure within six months of purchase. As so called 'drop-in' fuel, SAF is mixed with fossil fuel before being transported to the airport. There is no refueling of individual flights with SAF.

Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa aircraft. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

The group's compensation portfolio currently comprises 15 projects, including, most recently, technology-based projects for the long-term binding of CO2. The providers are myclimate, Climate Austria, SQUAKE and ClimatePartner.

"People want to fly and be mobile, they want to explore the world, visit friends and family or seal deals in person. The growing demand for our Green Fares fare shows that more and more people want to travel as sustainably as possible. We support them with suitable offers. The Green Fares test on long-haul flights will provide us with important insights for the further development of our portfolio of more sustainable travel," says Christina Foerster, Member of Lufthansa Group Executive Board responsible for Brand & Sustainability.

The long-haul Green Fares are currently available on the following twelve test routes being operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS:

- Bangkok - Vienna (BKK - VIE)
- Brussels - Kinshasa (BRU - FIH)
- Frankfurt - Bengaluru (FRA - BLR)
- Frankfurt - Miami (FRA - MIA)
- Hong Kong - London (HKG - LHR/LCY)
- London - Hong Kong (LHR/LCY - HKG)
- Munich - Seoul (MUC - ICN)
- Nairobi - Frankfurt (NBO - FRA)
- Paris - Bangkok (CDG/ORY - BKK)
- Sao Paulo - Zurich (GRU - ZRH)
- Singapore - London (SIN - LHR/LCY)
- Zurich - Los Angeles (ZRH - LAX)

Harry Hohmeister, Member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board responsible for Global Markets & Network, said, "Lufthansa Group continues to expand its innovative services for more sustainable flying. We are pioneers worldwide with simple, easy-to-book and individual offers for our customers. I am delighted that we are now also offering Green Fares on selected long-haul flights on all hub airlines. This also clearly demonstrates the strength of our multi-hub and multi-brand strategy."

Lufthansa Group has set itself ambitious climate protection goals and aims to achieve a neutral CO2 balance by 2050. By 2030, Lufthansa Group wants to halve its net CO2 emissions compared to 2019 through both reduction and compensation measures. The reduction share of the 2030 target was validated by the independent Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in August 2022.

The company is focusing in particular on accelerated fleet modernization, the use of SAF, the continuous optimization of flight operations, and offers for its private travelers and corporate customers to make a flight or the transport of cargo more sustainable. The group has also been actively supporting global climate and weather research for many years.

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