Lufthansa Group pax up 4%, load factor down in Sep-2011

Lufthansa Group announced (12-Oct-2011) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2011:

• Passenger numbers: 9.9 million, +3.6% year-on-year;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 6.0 million, +5.2%;
  • SWISS: 1.5 million, +5.5%;
  • Austrian Airlines: 1.2 million, +5.8%;
  • bmi: 547,000, -8.6%;
  • Germanwings: 770,000, -5.2%
• Passenger load factor: 80.1%, -2.5 ppts;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 79.9%, -2.8 ppts;
  • SWISS: 83.7%, -1.1ppts;
  • Austrian Airlines: 77.7%, -3.5 ppts;
  • bmi: 71.6%, -6.8 ppts;
  • Germanwings: 84.4%, +2.0 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 170,000 tonnes, -4%. [more - original PR]