Lufthansa sells over one million green fares in one year 

09 / 03 / 2024

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The Lufthansa Group is a global leader in offers and services for more sustainable flying. More than one million Green Fares have already been sold on flights in Europe and to North Africa in the first year of the offer.

The Lufthansa Group is currently also testing its Green Fares on selected long-haul flights. In addition, more and more corporate customers are taking advantage of the opportunity to offset flight-related CO₂ emissions: In 2023, more than 1,500 companies worldwide invested in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with the Lufthansa Group.

The Lufthansa Group remains strongly committed to increasing the availability and use of SAF. Lufthansa was the first airline worldwide to start using SAF in regular flight operations back in 2011. In addition, the Lufthansa Group also intends to use innovative solutions for filtering CO₂ from the air and storing it underground to offset unavoidable CO₂ emissions. The company is expanding its technology partnerships in this area.

The Lufthansa Group continues to systematically drive forward its transformation from an aviation group to a global airline group. The sale of the catering business (LSG Group) was completed at the end of October 2023. The company expects the sale of the payment specialist AirPlus to be completed in summer 2024.

The Group is also expecting the EU Commission’s approval for an investment in the Italian airline ITA Airways over the course of this year. The Lufthansa Group is working closely and constructively with the EU Commission to achieve a swift conclusion and subsequent implementation of the transaction.

With the planned investment in ITA Airways, the Lufthansa Group is driving forward the internationalization of the company in order to make better use of attractive growth opportunities abroad.

The Lufthansa Group is currently undergoing the largest fleet modernization in its history. In 2024, the company will again take delivery of more than 30 new aircraft, including around 20 long-haul jets. A double-digit number of Boeing 787-9 “Dreamliners”, eight Airbus A350-900s and one Boeing 777 freighter will be delivered to the company. All these long-haul aircraft will fly for Lufthansa Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo. Never before in our history have we been expecting the delivery of so many new long-haul aircraft for Lufthansa in just one year.   

In total, the Group currently has over 250 latest generation aircraft on its order list – another record. In the medium term, the modernization will lead to the decommissioning of older sub-fleets, leading to a significant increase in customer comfort as well as a sustainable reduction in CO₂ emissions. The significantly more fuel-efficient aircraft consume up to 30 percent less kerosene compared to their respective predecessor models and emit correspondingly less CO₂.