The Firehouse

I’m flying back from Switzerland to Barcelona tomorrow, and trying to find a good connection, I checked out Swiss and Lufthansa’s websites for choices. One was Geneva – Barcelona in the afternoon, but I was shocked when I looked up the price on each airline’s sites – the exact same flight with Lufthansa costs almost twice as much as if bought from Swiss…when the flight is actually operated by Lufthansa. Check out the screen caps below (the important parts highlighted in red):

Are these fares fair, or a ploy to milk unsuspecting passengers?