Aviation group Lufthansa announced on Tuesday it would introduce a surcharge of up to 72 euros per flight in 2025 to offset rising costs of alternative fuels used to cut carbon emissions.
The additional charges apply to all flights departing from the European Union, Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland from January 1 next year, the company said in a statement, quoted by Bloomberg.
This surcharge will vary from one to 72 euros depending on the route and the applicable fare.
The new charges come at a time when European Union (EU) rules require airlines to use at least 2% clean jet fuel from 2025.
Lufthansa says it “cannot” cover the additional costs alone.
In 2022, Air France-KLM began charging a surcharge of up to €24 on flights departing from France and the Netherlands.
The aviation industry aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Aviation is one of the sectors facing the greatest challenges to decarbonise, and the costs associated with this transition are estimated at billions of euros, which are likely to be passed on to customers.
While Europe has introduced standards to gradually increase the use of this type of fuel in the coming decades, the United States has so far relied on incentives to produce cleaner aviation fuel (SAF) made from waste and waste from the circular economy, namely animal fat and used cooking oil.
SAF can be used interchangeably with conventional aviation fuel in aircraft jet engines.
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