Lufthansa Group pax up 4%, load factor also improve in Aug-2015

Lufthansa Group reports (09-Sep-2015) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 10.9 million, +3.6% year-on-year;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 7.9 million, +3.7%;
  • SWISS**: 1.8 million, +4.0%;
  • Austrian Airlines: 1.1 million, +1.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 87.6%, +1.2 ppt;
• • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 87.4%, +1.6 ppt;
  • SWISS**: 89.0%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Austrian Airlines: 86.8%, +0.8 ppt. [more - original PR]

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