Lufthansa Group pax up 2.9% to 14.1m in Aug-2019, Asia Pacific strongest market

Lufthansa Group reported (12-Sep-2019) the following traffic highlights for Aug-2019:

• Passengers: 14.1 million, +2.9% year-on-year;
  • Network airlines*: 10.2 million, +3.3%;
    
    • Europe: 7.8 million, +3.8%;
    • Americas: 1.2 million, +1.2%;
    • Asia Pacific: 691,000, +3.7%;
    • Middle East and Africa: 510,000, +0.2%;
  • Eurowings (Includes Brussels Airlines): 3.9 million, +1.8%;
• Passenger load factor: 87.2%, +0.8ppts;
  • Network airlines: 86.8%, +0.7ppts;
    • Asia Pacific: 89.9%, +0.3ppts;
    • Americas: 89.3%, +0.7ppts;
    • Middle East and Africa: 88.2%, +1.4ppts;
    • Europe: 82.5%, +0.8ppts;
  • Eurowings: 87.0%, +1.0ppts. [more - original PR]

*Network airlines include Lufthansa, regional airlines, SWISS, Edelweiss Air and Austrian Airlines