Lufthansa updates plans for more sustainable flights
The Lufthansa Group is reorganising its portfolio of climate projects in addition to options for more sustainable flights. Passengers of the Group's airlines can contribute to the reduction of CO₂ emissions by choosing solutions that combine Sustainable Aviation Fuel, certified climate protection projects and technologies for the permanent removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The new portfolio includes 14 climate projects certified according to recognized international standards. The share of projects dedicated to the permanent removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere has been doubled and now reaches around 20% of the entire programme. The projects are being developed in the Lufthansa Group's core markets, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Italy, as well as in other countries.
In 2025, Lufthansa Group passengers have already contributed to climate initiatives that have enabled the reduction of more than 710,000 tons of CO₂ through more sustainable travel solutions, an increase of around 20 percent compared to the previous year.
For those who fly with Lufthansa Group airlines, the program allows you to choose additional options related to the sustainability of the trip. The contribution can support both the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, the sustainable aviation fuel, and certified climate projects that act outside the aviation sector or remove CO₂ from the atmosphere.
The portfolio is divided into two main categories: prevention projects and removal projects. The former avoid CO₂ emissions in other sectors, for example through energy-efficient stoves or modular biogas plants. The latter actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it for the long term.
Removal projects include natural solutions, such as forest and landscape reforestation, and more advanced technologies, such as biochar production, which allows carbon to be fixed in a stable form. The new portfolio also includes projects based on direct capture of CO₂ from the air and its permanent storage underground, a technology known as Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage.
For the new programme, the Lufthansa Group is working with specialist partners such as myclimate, First Climate, Ceezer, Senken, Climeworks and 1PointFive. The selected projects are certified according to high quality standards, including the Gold Standard, which assesses not only the climate impact but also the contribution to the sustainable development of the areas in which the initiatives are implemented.
The increased focus on removal technologies responds to one of the main challenges of aviation: reducing emissions in a complex sector to decarbonize. The Lufthansa Group continues to prioritise specific measures for CO₂ reduction in aviation, but also complements these with complementary climate projects and innovative technological solutions.
Among these, DACCS technologies may play an increasing role in the future, because they allow CO₂ to be filtered directly from the air and stored permanently underground. The Lufthansa Group is already working with partners such as Deep Sky, Airbus and Climeworks to promote the development and use of these solutions.
For Lufthansa Group passengers, the change makes the options available to travel more responsibly towards sustainable mobility more structured and transparent. The choice to contribute to climate projects or the use of sustainable fuel thus becomes part of a broader path, designed to accompany the transformation of the aviation sector towards progressively more sustainable models.
