Lufthansa Group pax numbers down 4% in Jan-2013, load factor up 1 ppt

Lufthansa Group reports (08-Feb-2013) the following traffic highlights in Jan-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 6.8 million, -3.6% year-on-year;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 4.9 million, -4.8%;
  • SWISS**: 1.2 million, +0.2%;
  • Austrian Airlines: 723,000, -2.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 74.6%, +0.9 ppt;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 74.5%, +0.6 ppt;
  • SWISS: 76.2%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Austrian Airlines: 71.8%, +3.6 ppts. [more - original PR]

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