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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 EU
Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) as well as other regulatory environmental
costs such as the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International
Aviation (CORSIA).
The Environmental Cost Surcharge applies to all
flights sold and operated by the Lufthansa Group departing from the 27 EU
countries as well as the UK, Norway and Switzerland. The amount of the
surcharge varies depending on the flight route and fare and is between 1 euro
and 72 euros. The Environmental Cost Surcharge will be levied on all tickets
issued from June 26, 2024 and applies to departures from January 1, 2025. The
exact amount of the Environmental Cost Surcharge is shown on the Lufthansa
Group Airlines booking pages in the price details.
The Lufthansa Group invests billions in new
technologies every year and works together with partners on innovations that
help to make flying more sustainable step by step and drive the scaling of key
technologies beyond the Lufthansa Group. In addition, the Lufthansa Group has
actively supported global climate and weather research for many years. However,
the airline group will not be able to bear the successively increasing
additional costs resulting from regulatory requirements in the coming years on its
own. Part of these expected costs for the year 2025 are now to be covered by
the new Environmental Cost Surcharge.
The Lufthansa Group has set itself ambitious
climate protection targets and is aiming for a neutral CO₂ balance by 2050. By
2030, the aviation group aims to halve its net CO₂ emissions compared to 2019
through reduction and compensation measures. For effective climate protection,
the Lufthansa Group is focusing in particular on accelerated fleet
modernization, the continuous optimization of flight operations, the use of SAF
and offers for private travelers and corporate customers to make air travel or
the transport of freight more sustainable.
Background information
SAF quotas of the EU
As part of its "Fit for 55" climate
protection program, the EU has decided on mandatory SAF blending quotas that
will increase over the years up to 2050. The SAF quota is to be 2 percent from
2025, 6 percent from 2030, 20 percent from 2035 and 70 percent from 2050. For
the Lufthansa Group, this will lead to additional costs in the billions in the
future.
EU-ETS
In the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for
aviation, CO₂ emissions have been controlled and limited by means of
certificate trading since 2012. The Lufthansa Group is subject to this system
for all flights within the European Economic Area (EEA). Additional obligations
to surrender emission certificates exist under the emissions trading systems of
Switzerland (CH-ETS) and the United Kingdom (UK-ETS) for flights between the
EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
CORSIA
Under the agreement on climate protection reached
by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in October 2016 - the
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) -
growth-related CO₂ emissions in international aviation have been offset by the
purchase of certificates since 2021. All emissions from the aviation industry
that exceed the CO₂ emissions of the baseline defined by the ICAO are offset.
For the years 2024 to 2035, this amounts to 85 percent of the emissions from
2019.
Image Credit: © Lufthansa Group
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