Lufthansa are cancelling 20,000 unprofitable shorthaul flights in order to save fuel over the coming six months. This will save 40,000 metric tons of fuel. [0]

So they're burning 80,000 metric tons a year on short haul flights in Europe while losing money doing so. Can we stop doing that sort of thing permanently and collectively as a continent?

[0] https://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa-group-optimises-flight-offering-in-summer-across-all-six-hubs/#