The Lufthansa Group is expanding its new ‘green fares’ across its long-haul flights, with an initial test phase across 12 selected routes to Asia and the US.
The fares include “full offsetting” of carbon emissions within the ticket price. This is achieved through a combination of using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to mitigate 10 per cent of the CO2 produced by the flight, alongside contributions to climate protection projects for the other 90 per cent.
From Thursday (30 November), green fares will be available on Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines flights on the following routes:
- Bangkok to Vienna (BKK - VIE)
- Brussels to Kinshasa (BRU - FIH)
- Frankfurt to Bengaluru (FRA - BLR)
- Frankfurt to Miami (FRA - MIA)
- Hong Kong to London (HKG - LHR/LCY)
- London to Hong Kong (LHR/LCY - HKG)
- Munich to Seoul (MUC - ICN)
- Nairobi to Frankfurt (NBO - FRA)
- Paris to Bangkok (CDG/ORY - BKK)
- Sao Paulo to Zurich (GRU - ZRH)
- Singapore to London (SIN - LHR/LCY)
- Zurich to Los Angeles (ZRH - LAX)
The fare type is also available for connecting flights on the 12 selected routes and can be booked via the carriers’ respective websites.
The group said the current selection of long-haul routes “addresses different target groups” and passengers booking flights on the 12 routes “will automatically be shown the green fares tariff”.
The move follows the February launch of green fares across Europe and after a testing initiative in the group’s Scandinavian market last year. Since the initial rollout, more than 500,000 passengers have purchased green fares, according to the airline group.
Christina Foerster, member of Lufthansa Group's executive board, said: “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.
"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.”