Green Fares with Lufthansa Group extended to APAC

Lufthansa Group is extending Green Fares to long-haul flights for the first time in APAC as a test to gain key insights for the further development of sustainable travel.

The selection of routes includes connections between the Lufthansa Group hubs and various destinations around the world. This broad selection addresses different target groups. Anyone booking flights with Lufthansa Group airlines, for example from London to Hong Kong, or Paris to Bangkok via the airlines' hubs, will also automatically be shown the Green Fares tariff.

Twelve selected test routes

The Lufthansa Group airlines participating in the test are Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS, which offer the connections via their booking sites.

· 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)

Sustainable flying

"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 for more sustainable travel," said Christina Foerster, member of the Lufthansa Group executive board responsible for Brand & Sustainability.

In February, the Lufthansa Group introduced Green Fares for routes within Europe and to North Africa. Since the launch, more than 500,000 passengers have opted for a Green Fares flight.

How it works

The fare includes full offsetting of individual, flight-related CO2 emissions with 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% of CO2 emissions is achieved, while the remaining 90% is offset through climate protection projects. The 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. The Lufthansa Group's compensation partners now comprise 15 projects, including, most recently, technology-based projects. The providers are myclimate, Climate Austria, SQUAKE and ClimatePartner. All projects in the Lufthansa Group climate project portfolio are certified according to the highest available standards.

Lufthansa Group sustainability initiatives

· The Lufthansa Group aims to achieve a neutral CO2 balance by 2050. By 2030, it wants to halve its net CO2 emissions compared to 2019 through reduction and compensation measures.

· The reduction share of the 2030 target was validated by the independent Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in August 2022.

· For climate protection, the Lufthansa Group is focusing on accelerated fleet modernisation, the use of SAF, the continuous optimisation of flight operations, and offers for corporate customers to make a flight or the transport of cargo more sustainable.