Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 34.3% in Mar-2010

Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 34.3% - consolidated traffic highlights in Mar-2010:

• Passenger numbers: 7.5 million, +34.3% year-on-year;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 5.0 million, +9.8%;
  • SWISS: 1.2 million, +11.7%;
  • Austrian: 813,000, n/a;
  • bmi: 537,000, n/a;
  • Europe: 5.9 million, +37.2%;
  • Trans-Atlantic: 634,000, +12.6%;
  • Asia Pacific: 488,000, +17.0%;
  • Middle East & Africa: 442,000, +51.1%;
• Passenger load factor: 78.6%, +3.2 ppts;
  • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 79.0%, +3.3 ppts;
  • SWISS: 81.2%, +6.8 ppts;
  • Austrian: 75.9%, n/a;
  • bmi: 69.0%, n/a;
  • Europe: 69.4%, +3.4 ppts;
  • Trans-Atlantic: 84.0%, +3.3 ppts;
  • Asia Pacific: 86.2%, +5.7 ppts;
  • Middle East & Africa: 76.9%, +2.8 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 175,000 tonnes, +24.7%;
  • Lufthansa Cargo: 156,000, +26.4%. [more]