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Lufthansa has warned that it will have to pass on the costs of the new Emissions Trading Scheme to business travellers. The German airline said it expects ETS, which was introduced by European Union on January 1, to cost an extra 130 million EUR this year as it has to buy certificates to cover its carbon dioxide emissions. Lufthansa said it had no choice but to pass this extra cost to passengers through higher ticket prices. The cost of ETS is now being added to Lufthansa's fuel surcharge which was raised from 3EUR to 10EUR for European and long-haul flights on December 15. The carrier said it had no immediate plans to raise this surcharge any further but warned that the charge would now reflect both its ETS costs and future increases in fuel prices.

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