Vision & Mission
Our Vision
We are revolutionising business travel for everyone who drives progress – far beyond what travel & expense management ever were.
Our Mission
Business travel is more than just getting from A to B – it is the beating heart of successful businesses. Our platform redefines business travel, and connects rather than complicates – for genuine encounters and collaboration where it truly matters:
For everyone on the move.
For everyone that makes travel possible.
Lanes & Planes in numbers
A closer look to our team and impact
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Our Guiding Principles
Don’t sugarcoat
We communicate honestly and directly—even when it’s tough. Our focus is on tackling challenges constructively to drive the company forward together.
Think big, act with foresight
Data is our friend
Collaborate with clear expectations
We take end-to-end ownership. From the first spark of an idea to the final outcome, we proactively take responsibility and learn together from both our successes and our setbacks.
Care & own it
We align on context, goals, and feedback. Great teamwork relies on providing each other with the necessary context and agreeing on clear goals and timelines. Through regular alignment and open feedback, we ensure our work meets our high standards and deadlines are met.
The founding story
Lanes & Planes founders Veit Blumschein and Daniel Nolte first met during their university days at RWTH Aachen. Back in 2008, they co-founded “From A to B”—a multimodal travel search engine covering Germany and Europe that was later acquired by the Tank & Rast Group. Drawing on this deep industry experience, Veit and Daniel set out to build a solution that unifies the entire corporate travel lifecycle: managing everything before, during, and after a business trip on a single platform. This vision came to life in 2017 with the launch of Lanes & Planes.
In 2023, a $35 million Series B funding round—backed by Smash Capital, Battery Ventures, and Coparion—laid the strategic foundation for our continued expansion. This was followed in spring 2026 by an additional double-digit million growth capital injection from BBVA to further fuel our trajectory.
Today, we are the market leader in the DACH region, offering our clients the largest business travel inventory in Europe. More than 1,500 companies trust Lanes & Planes as their central platform for corporate travel management, serving over 270,000 users since our launch. Our team has grown to more than 250 employees, collaborating seamlessly from our Munich headquarters and various remote locations.
Our storyline
Our senior management
SQUAKE x Lanes & Planes: Making ESG-Compliant Travel the New Standard
We are integrating SQUAKE’s industry-leading carbon management infrastructure directly into our platform. This integration enables precise, real-time CO₂ calculations for flights, hotels, rail, and car rentals, providing full footprint visibility right at the moment of booking, alongside audit-ready ESG reporting.
“The path to CO₂ transparency is an essential part of modern business travel. By partnering with SQUAKE, we provide our clients with precise data exactly when they need to make a decision, empowering them to make more sustainable choices effortlessly. Together, we are turning data into climate action.”
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