Lufthansa Group pax numbers stable in Jul-2013, load factor stable at 85%

Lufthansa Group reports (09-Aug-2013) the following traffic highlights in Jul-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 10.3 million, +0.4% year-on-year;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 7.5 million, +0.6%;
  • SWISS**: 1.7 million, +0.4%;
  • Austrian Airlines: 1.1 million, -0.6%;
• Passenger load factor: 84.7%, -0.1 ppt;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 84.1%, stable;
  • SWISS: 87.9%, stable;
  • Austrian Airlines: 83.5%, -1.6 ppts. [more - original PR]

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

Lufthansa Group: "In July, the Passenger Airline Group was able to increase sales by 1.1 per cent year on year while keeping the passenger load factor at the previous year's level (-0.1 ppt). The pricing environment was stable compared with last year." Source: Company statement, 09-Aug-2013.