As of Jan. 1, 2025, business and other travelers literally will be paying the price of aviation’s green energy transition. That is the date from which departures on Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa itself plus Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Eurowings) flights will carry an “environmental cost surcharge” of between €1 and €72, depending on route and cabin. The surcharge applies to flights originating within the European Union, United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland.
Announcing the surcharge in June 2024, Lufthansa said it resulted from “steadily rising additional costs due to regulatory environmental requirements.” It specified three in particular: an EU blending quota of 2 percent for alternative jet fuels, the EU’s Emissions Trading…
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