Lufthansa passenger numbers up 1.1%; Group up 27%

Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 27% - consolidated traffic highlights in Oct-2009:

• Passenger numbers: 8.0 million, +26.9% year-on-year;
  • • Europe: 6.4 million, +31.4%;
    • Trans-Atlantic: 736,000, +4.1%;
    • Asia Pacific: 473,000, +4.3%;
    • Middle East/Africa: 382,000, +42.5%;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 5.1 miilion, +1.1%;
    • Europe: 4.0 million, +1.5%;
    • Trans-Atlantic: 591,000, -0.2%,
    • Asia Pacific: 354,000, -5.1%;
    • Middle East/Africa: 202,000, +9.2%;
• SWISS: 1.3 million, +6.5%;
• Austrian Airlines: 907,000, n/a;
• bmi: 642,000, n/a;
• Passenger load factor: 80.5%, +1.7 ppt,
  • • Europe: 71.9%, +2.8 ppts;
    • Trans-Atlantic: 87.8%, +4.1 ppts;
    • Asia Pacific: 86.9%, +3.4 ppts;
    • Middle East/Africa: 74.8%, -5.8 ppts;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 80.2%, +2.1 ppts;
    • • Europe: 70.5%, +2.4 ppts;
      • Trans-Atlantic: 87%, +3.8 ppts;
      • Asia Pacific: 85.9%, +2.9 ppts;
      • Middle East/Africa: 71.3%, -7.5 ppts;
  • SWISS: 86.2%, +4.2 ppts;
  • Austrian Airlines: 78.2%, n/a;
  • bmi: 71.8%, n/a;
• Cargo volume: 161,000 tonnes, -4.1%. [more]