Nearly 7 million Lufthansa Group passengers opted for more sustainable flying by 2025 | News
The Lufthansa Group sees a growing demand for more sustainable travel options. The Group enables its customers to contribute to reducing the climate impact of future flights with various offers for private and business air travel. With success: more than five percent of Lufthansa Group passengers will have opted for a more sustainable travel option by 2025 – for example the Green Fares flight fares. Four years ago this share was below 0.1 percent. Last year, the volume of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sold through various promotions more than doubled. The active commitment of passengers to more sustainable flying is an important pillar of the Lufthansa Group’s sustainability strategy.
Just in time for the upcoming 2026 summer travel season, the Lufthansa Group is once again expanding its offering for more sustainable flying. Tour operators can now book the new ‘TO Green’ rate. The offering has been developed in response to the growing demand for more sustainable booking options – especially for private travel. The product is based on the proven Green Fares – specially tailored to the needs of tour operators.
Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lufthansa Group, says: “The growing demand for our more sustainable flying options confirms that we are on the right track. Every contribution from our passengers increases the use of sustainable aviation fuels in our network and reduces CO₂ emissions. We are continuously developing our portfolio to make more sustainable flying even easier and more attractive. We show that this is not just a vision, but is already an established option today.”
The Green Fares, introduced in spring 2023, have played a key role in raising awareness of more sustainable travel options and making them more attractive. To date, more than four million passengers have opted for a Green Fares ticket, making an important contribution to more sustainable travel. Green fares are special fares that, among other features, contribute to saving future CO₂ emissions equal to the estimated individual flight-related CO₂ emissions. Since the end of January 2026, Green Fares have also been available for group bookings of more than nine people on long-haul flights operated by Lufthansa Group Airlines in all travel classes.
More sustainable offers for business customers and freight transport
Business customers also benefit from the Lufthansa Group’s offers. For example, companies can purchase larger quantities of SAF through so-called SAF bulk deals. With an investment of € 2,000 or more, they receive a Scope 3 certificate for CO₂ savings in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standard. This not only strengthens their company’s commitment to the environment, but also promotes the further development and use of SAF in the aviation industry. For all products for business customers, more than 1,680 companies worldwide will have invested in SAF with the Lufthansa Group by 2025.
Lufthansa Cargo business customers can also opt for more sustainable freight transport with the additional service ‘Sustainable Choice’. The optional service can be easily booked via the Lufthansa Cargo homepage and combines the subsequent use of SAF with a contribution to high-quality climate protection projects. Logistics companies are also increasingly entering into SAF bulk deals, which Lufthansa Cargo offers for purchase quantities of 100 tons of SAF or more.
Five levers from the Lufthansa Group for more sustainable flying
The diverse offering for private travelers and business customers, together with the modernization of the fleet, the continuous improvement of fuel efficiency in flight operations, the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and the expansion of intermodality, are one of the five levers through which the Lufthansa Group promotes more sustainable flying. In addition, the Lufthansa Group has been actively supporting global climate and weather research for more than 30 years.
Background: Use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the Lufthansa Group’s climate project portfolio
Through the Lufthansa Group’s options for more sustainable flying, customers support both the use of SAF and climate protection projects in the Lufthansa Group’s home markets and in other countries around the world. The Lufthansa Group ensures that the required amount of SAF is introduced into the airport infrastructure within six months of purchase. SAF is a so-called “drop-in” fuel: SAF is compatible with fossil kerosene and can easily be mixed with it. Booking an option for more sustainable flying does not result in individual refueling of the booked flight by SAF, but supports the extensive use of SAF in the Lufthansa Group’s route network. Viewed over its entire life cycle, the SAF used by the Lufthansa Group, made from biogenic residues, has an annual average CO₂ footprint that is at least 80 percent lower than that of conventional kerosene made from fossil crude oil. SAF, which is part of the Lufthansa Group’s customer offering for more sustainable flying, is being purchased by the Lufthansa Group in addition to the mandatory SAF quota.
All projects in the Lufthansa Group’s climate project portfolio are certified according to the highest available standards – for example the ‘Gold Standard’, which is recommended, among others, by the German Environment Agency. These projects prevent CO₂ emissions outside the aviation industry or remove them from the atmosphere. The portfolio also includes technology-based projects. In this way, the Lufthansa Group wants to promote the development of new technologies and offers with long-term CO₂ fixation.
