Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lufthansa is the first airline to pass on the costs of the new European emissions rules to passengers. It has been announced that from next year there will be a surcharge of €1 to €72 … Read more
Airlines charge all kinds of taxes and fees on tickets, some of which are government-imposed and others imposed by the airline. One of Europe’s largest airline groups will soon add a new environmental surcharge to tickets, which is sure to be controversial. Details of Lufthansa’s new environmental ticket surcharge For tickets issued from June 26, … Read more
The Lufthansa Group introduces an environmental cost surcharge. The surcharge is intended to cover part of the steadily rising additional costs resulting from legal environmental requirements. These include the statutory blending quota of initially two percent for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for departures from European Union (EU) countries from January 1, 2025, adjustments to the … Read more