The Lufthansa Group will be charging a surcharge for flights from January due to increased costs resulting from EU environmental regulations. The “environmental cost surcharge” will be charged on all flights of the Group’s airlines departing from the 27 EU countries as well as Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland, the company announced on Tuesday. The amount of the surcharge will therefore be between one euro and 72 euros, depending on the flight route and fare.
The surcharge is intended, among other things, to offset the costs of a new EU requirement that requires airlines to add Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to flights departing from the EU from January 1st. It also covers additional costs due to the mandatory trading of emissions certificates. In addition to Lufthansa, the group includes the airlines Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and other smaller companies.
The Lufthansa Group cannot bear the “regulatory and gradually increasing additional costs in the coming years” alone, the company explained. Instead of adding the surcharge directly to the ticket prices, the company wants to show it separately in the price details.