Have the article learn by OpenAI (Beta). Please observe that AI translations could take a while to course of.Frankfurt (dpa) – German airways Lufthansa and Condor are dealing with more and more unfair competitors resulting from a major rise in taxes and charges, Condor CEO Peter Gerber mentioned on Monday at a enterprise occasion at Frankfurt Airport.
Up to now 4 years, the associated fee quantity from air visitors management, aviation safety checks and air visitors tax has doubled from 3.5 billion euros to 7 billion euros per yr, he mentioned.
Worldwide airways are more and more avoiding German airports, resulting in a lack of international connections, Gerber mentioned. He famous that the German restoration charge is 82 p.c in comparison with the pre-pandemic yr 2019, whereas most different European international locations have seen progress in air visitors past that degree.
Lufthansa’s Chief Human Assets Officer Michael Niggemann voiced his opposition to state mandates for the usage of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), saying that for the reason that system solely data departures throughout the European Union, it creates aggressive disadvantages with non-European hubs.
From 2025, airways departing from the EU are required to cowl a median of two p.c of their gas from SAF, with this to rise to 70 p.c by 2050. This so-called RefuelEU aviation initiative – geared toward lowering CO2 emissions within the aviation sector – is a part of the FitFor55 package deal underneath the bloc’s Inexperienced Deal, its cornerstone local weather coverage.
Lufthansa mentioned inadequate SAF manufacturing sooner or later will make it a major value issue, and that EU and German state necessities for the usage of artificial, electricity-produced fuels are unattainable. (2 September)
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