Flights operated by Brussels Airlines are becoming more expensive as the airline's parent company Lufthansa will start applying an environmental surcharge to all its airlines in the group, it announced in a press release.
The surcharge will apply to all flights sold and operated by all airlines in the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings) departing from the 27 EU countries as well as the UK, Norway and Switzerland. The amount varies between €1 and €72, depending on the flight route and fare.
"Specifically for Brussels Airlines, the surcharge varies between €1 and €36 depending on the length of your flight and the travel class," Brussels Airlines spokesperson Nico Cardone told The Brussels Times.
Rising additional costs
In practice, someone flying economy from Brussels to Kinshasa, for example, will have to pay up to €12 in surcharge, but that is not the case for those flying from Kinshasa to Brussels, he explained. The exact amount will be shown on the airlines' booking pages, in the price details.
The surcharge will be levied on all tickets issued from 26 June 2024 (today) and applies to departures from 1 January 2025.
"The surcharge is intended to cover part of the steadily rising additional costs due to regulatory environmental requirements," Lufthansa said on its website.
