Since November 30th, Lufthansa Group has extended its Green Fares to a select number of long-haul flights. The Green Fares were already available but initially restrained to routes within Europe and to North Africa. Since the offer was a success – already half a million travellers chose to option – it has now been extended. The fare includes full offsetting of individual, flight-related CO2 emissions through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and a contribution to high-quality climate protection projects.
“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 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 for more sustainable travel,” said Christina Foerster, Member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board responsible for Brand & Sustainability.
At the moment, the intercontinental Green Fares are available on twelve selected flight routes. The tariff will be automatically shown alongside the familiar fares. With just one click, customers will be able to choose for the more sustainable option. By selecting a Green Fare, carbon offsetting is guaranteed through a combination of the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (10%) and the contribution to high-quality climate protection projects (90%). Those projects are provided by myclimate, Climate Austria, SQUAKE and ClimatePartner.
“The 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”, Harry Hohmeister, Member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board responsible for Global Markets & Network, explained.
Participating routes
The Lufthansa Group airlines participating in the test are Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS, which offer the connections – if included in the respective route network – via their booking sites. At the moment, the available routes for Green Fares are:
- Zurich – Los Angeles (ZRH – LAX)
- Frankfurt – Miami (FRA – MIA)
- Sao Paulo – Zurich (GRU – ZRH)
- Frankfurt – Bengaluru (FRA – BLR)
- Munich- Seoul (MUC – ICN)
- Brussels – Kinshasa (BRU – FIH)
- Singapore – London (SIN – LHR/LCY)
- Nairobi – Frankfurt (NBO – FRA)
- Bangkok – Vienna (BKK – VIE)
- Hong Kong – London (HKG – LHR/LCY)
- London – Hong Kong (LHR/LCY – HKG)
- Paris – Bangkok (CDG/ORY – BKK)
As for the future, the group aims to achieve a neutral CO2 balance by 2050. By 2030, the group wants to halve its net CO2 emissions compared to 2019 through reduction and compensation measures.
