9-Aug-2011 12:45 PM
Lufthansa Group passenger numbers up 6.6% in Jul-2011
Lufthansa Group reports (08-Aug-2011) the following traffic highlights in Jul-2011:
- Passenger numbers: 10.5 million, +6.6% year-on-year;
- Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 6.3 million, +9.1%;
- SWISS: 1.6 million, +11.1%;
- Austrian Airlines: 1.2 million, +2.7%;
- bmi: 597,000, -7.2%;
- Germanwings: 808,000, -2.6%;
- Passenger load factor: 83.8%, -0.8 ppt;
- Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: 83.7%, -1.2 ppts;
- SWISS: 87.5%, +0.7 ppt;
- Austrian Airlines: 82.1%, -0.5 ppt;
- bmi: 74%, -6.1 ppts;
- Germanwings: 85.6%, +3.8 ppts. [more]
Lufthansa Group: "In July the Passenger Airline Group again recorded strong sales increases in long and short haul. The major long-haul regions Americas and Asia/Pacific reported sales increases of 7.5 and 11.4%, respectively. In short haul the additional capacity of 6.8%, which mainly reflects the larger number of seats per flight and thus improved unit costs, was sold in full (+6.9%)," Source: Company statement, 08-Aug-2011.