Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 2% in Oct-2013, 81% load factor

Lufthansa Group reports (12-Nov-2013) the following traffic highlights in Oct-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 9.7 million, +2.4% year-on-year;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 7.1 million, +3.0%;
  • SWISS**: 1.5 million, +0.5%;
  • Austrian Airlines: 1.0 million, +0.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.5%, +1.6 ppts;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 79.7%, +1.9 ppts;
  • SWISS: 84.2%, +0.4 ppt;
  • Austrian Airlines: 80%, +1.0 ppts. [more - original PR] [more - original PR - German]
    

*Includes LH regional airlines and Germanwings
**Includes Edelweiss Air

Lufthansa Group: "In October, the Passenger Airline Group grew its sales by 3.9 per cent and increased the load factor of its aircraft at the same time. As expected, average yields were still down on last year, in particular due to adverse currency effects," Source: Company statement, 12-Nov-2013.