Reply To: Lufthansa – sneaky new service charge disguised as virtue signalling

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What’s ‘sneaky’ or ‘virtue signalling’ about this? The airline is being totally up front about the issue – new legislation is going to increase its costs and they expect passengers to contribute to such new costs. These new burdens are not part of the normal operating costs and anyone running a business with responsibility to all stakeholders (including, but not exclusively shareholders) will know that there’s a limit as to what can be absorbed.

It’s sensible to break this out as part of the ticket cost (as it is on our utility bills) so consumers understand that green initiatives cost money and that it gives yet further advantage to airlines based outside Europe.