Pleasant pastime in flight is now paid, because. Airlines they have long been charging passengers more for food, extra luggage and more legroom – and it’s a way to cope with their higher costs and, above all, more expensive fuel. OUR German Lufthansa now wants consumers to also pay to reduce the environmental impact of flying. In particular, according to Bloomberg, Europe’s largest airline will offer travelers a choice of so-called feed-in fares from tomorrow Wednesday, adding additional fee to purchase sustainable aviation fuel and offset carbon emissions. The move marks the European airline’s latest attempt to allay concerns about the environmental impact of flying, the most carbon-intensive form of travel. “People don’t just want to fly and discover the world, they also want to protect it at the same time,” said Christina Förster, member of the Lufthansa Executive Board for Sustainability.

Lufthansa says the new tickets will allow customers to offset their emissions from flying with 20% of sustainable aviation fuel and 80% of contributions to climate protection projects. Although the carrier did not say exactly how much the new fares would cost, which is obviously of interest to many people in the Old Continent, it did give an order of magnitude. The hedging raised the cost of a one-way economy fare from London to Frankfurt this week by about 7% to €230. The surcharge paid by the passenger will not be used to purchase fuel for the same selected flight, but will be included in Lufthansa’s fuel purchase system. The German group, made up of individual carriers, has finally pledged to halve carbon emissions by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.