Flight Shaming Triggers German Airline Lufthansa To Ditch Flights

Germany’s official carrier Lufthansa has partnered with railway operator Deutsche Bahn to eliminate short-haul domestic flights to the airline’s Frankfurt hub and replace them with train journeys. Lufthansa already has a network of cities serviced by the Deutsche Bahn Express Rail system, and now the airline will add five more to this network, including Hamburg, Berlin, and Bremen. The move, DPA notes in a report on the news, comes in response to mounting pressure on airlines to reduce their carbon footprint. The aviation industry accounts…