18-Mar-2016 9:50 AM
Lufthansa Group reports strong profit growth in 2015, 2016 outlook positive
Lufthansa Group revenue up 7% - financial highlights for 12 months ended 31-Dec-2015:
- Total revenue: EUR32,056 million, +6.8% year-on-year;
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- Passenger Airline Group: EUR24,499 million, +5.1%;
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- Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: EUR17,944 million, +4.9%;
- SWISS: EUR4542 million, +7.1%;
- Austrian Airlines: EUR2102 million, +1.6%;
- Logistics: EUR2355 million, -3.3%;
- MRO: EUR5099 million, +17.6%;
- Catering: EUR3022 million, +14.8%;
- Total operating costs: EUR33,536 million, +7.4%;
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- Passenger Airline Group: EUR24,508 million, +3.5%;
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- Fuel: EUR5464 million, -13.2%;
- Labour: EUR4675 million, -10.4%;
- EBIT: EUR1676 million, +67.6%;
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- Passenger Airline Group: EUR1465 million, +105%;
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- Lufthansa Passenger Airlines: EUR904 million, +130%;
- SWISS: EUR462 million, +63.8%;
- Austrian Airlines: EUR54 million, +218%;
- Logistics: EUR3 million, -97.6%;
- MRO: EUR448 million, +3.5%;
- Catering: EUR85 million, +13.3%;
- Net profit: EUR1698 million, compared to a profit of EUR55 million in p-c-p;
- Passenger numbers: 107.7 million, +1.6%;
- Passenger load factor: 80.4%, +0.3 ppt;
- Cargo volume: 1.9 million tonnes, -3.1%;
- Cargo load factor: 66.3%, -3.6 ppts;
- Total assets: EUR32,462 million;
- Cash and cash equivalents: EUR1099 million;
- Total liabilities: EUR26,617 million. [more - original PR]
Lufthansa Group: "Thanks to the generally positive outlook for both the industry and for the global economy as a whole, the Lufthansa Group expects a positive performance in the financial year 2016…a further reduction in yields is expected, particularly in the Lufthansa Group home markets. Viewed in isolation, a change in yields of one per cent has an earnings impact of more than EUR 200m." Source: Company statement, 17-Mar-2016.