Lufthansa Renames Green Fares After Court Ruling (paddleyourownkanoo.com)
Lufthansa is renaming its Green Fares to Impact Fares after a Cologne court ruled the name deceived passengers into believing their flights could be CO₂-neutral. The court found the climate-neutral claim indisputably untrue, noting only 10% of emissions on long-haul flights are offset by sustainable aviation fuel. The airline now says Impact Fare passengers support additional SAF use across the Lufthansa Group network and contribute to selected climate protection projects.
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The timing lines up with the EU's Empowering Consumers directive, which has applied since 27 September 2026 and bans claims that a service is CO2-neutral or has a reduced climate impact when that rests on offsetting outside its own value chain. That leaves "supports additional SAF and contributes to climate projects" as roughly the only safe framing, so it will be worth watching whether other European carriers selling offset-based fare add-ons rename theirs too. Commission FAQ: [1]
[1] commission.europa.eu/document/download/…