Lufthansa Group pax up 35.8% in Jun-2010, +8.9% excluding Austrian/bmi

Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 35.8% - consolidated traffic highlights:

• Jun-2010:
  • Passenger numbers: 8.4 million, +35.8% year-on-year'
    • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 5.5 million, +11.6%;
    • SWISS: 1.2 million, -1.8%;
    • Austrian Airlines: 1.1 million, n/a;
    • bmi: 611,000, n/a;
  • Load factor: 82.6%, +4.0 ppts;
    • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 83.3%, +5.6 ppts;
    • SWISS: 84.6%, +1.9 ppt;
    • Austrian Airlines: 78.7%, n/a;
    • bmi: 74.2%, n/a;
  • Cargo volume: 171,000 tonnes, +20.0%;
    • Lufthansa Cargo: 153,000 tonnes, +19.5%;
• Six months ended 30-Jun-2010:
  • Passenger numbers: 41.8 million, +25.8%;
    • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 27.2 million, +1.8%;
    • SWISS: 6.6 million, +2.0%:
    • Austrian Airlines: 5.0 million, n/a;
    • bmi: 2.9 million, n/a;
  • Load factor: 77.4%, +2.1 ppts;
    • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 77.8%, +2.7 ppts;
    • SWISS: 80.1%, +4.3 ppts;
    • Austrian Airlines: 74.2%, n/a;
    • bmi: 68.3%, n/a;
  • Cargo volume: 939,000 tonnes, +19.1%;
    • Lufthansa Cargo: 830,000 tonnes, +19.6%. [more]

Lufthansa: "The recovery in passenger and freight traffic continued apace in June. On a like-for-like basis [without Austrian Airlines and bmi] the companies in the Group carried 8.9% more passengers. Revenue seat kilometres rose sharply by 9.9% and capacity was extended by 3.4%. The passenger load factor climbed correspondingly steeply by 5.0 ppts compared with last year to a very good 83.6%," Company statement. Source: Lufthansa Group, 09-Jul-2010.