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Lufthansa to charge up to €72 per ticket to cover climate costs – POLITICO

Lufthansa to charge up to €72 per ticket to cover climate costs – POLITICO

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Lufthansa — which includes Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines — said the surcharge will cover the costs of the ETS for aviation, the SAF mandates (due to come into effect next year) and the U.N.’s Corsia emissions reduction scheme. Also looming is the possibility of a new tax on kerosene.

Lufthansa has long complained about the extra costs imposed on European airlines by EU regulations and national taxes.

“A Lufthansa flight from Madrid with a transfer in Frankfurt to Shanghai and back will cost around €220 more in 2035,” Lufthansa Group said in a recent policy paper, comparing it to an increase of about €40 for the same trip with a non-EU airline flying via Istanbul.

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