Lufthansa Group pax down 1% to 7.2m in Dec-2014, 106m pax in 2014

Lufthansa Group reports (12-Jan-2015) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 7.2 million, -1.3% year-on-year;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 5.2 million, -1.3%;
    • SWISS**: 1.3 million, +2.6%;
    • Austrian Airlines: 744,000, -7.6%;
  • Passenger load factor: 77.5%, -0.5 ppt;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 76.6%, -0.9 ppt;
    • SWISS**: 81.4%, +0.9 ppt;
    • Austrian Airlines: 76.2%, -0.8 ppt;
• 12 months ended Dec-2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 106 million, +1.3%;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 77.5 million, +1.7%;
    • SWISS**: 17.3 million, +1.4%;
    • Austrian Airlines: 11.2 million -1.1%;
  • Passenger load factor: 80.1%, +0.3 ppt;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 79.4%, +0.3 ppt;
    • SWISS**: 83.3%, stable;
    • Austrian Airlines: 78.9%, +0.3 ppt. [more - original PR]

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