Lufthansa Group welcomes 18.7% more passengers with load factor increased by 2.7% in May

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  • Group Airlines welcomed around 11.6 million passengers on board and therefore 18.7 percent more than one year before
  • Currency adjusted pricing environment was positive

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 11.6 million passengers in May 2017. This shows an increase of 18.7% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 12.2% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 16.2%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 2.7 percentage points to 79%, compared to May 2016.

The currency adjusted pricing environment in May was positive.

Cargo capacity increased 0.8% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 7.2% in revenue ton-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor showed a corresponding improvement, rising 4 percentage points in the month.

Hub Airlines

The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, Swiss and Austrian Airlines carried 8.6 million passengers in May, 6.7% more than in the prior-year period. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 2.2% in May. The sales volume was up 6.9% over the same period, raising seat load factor by 3.5 percentage points to 79.4%.

Lufthansa German Airlines transported 5.9 million passengers in May, a 6.7% increase compared to the same month last year. A 0.5% increase in seat kilometers in May was a 6.4% increase in sales. Furthermore, the seat load factor was up to 80.2%, therefore 4.5 percentage points above the prior-year level.

Point-to-Point Airlines

The Lufthansa Group’s Point-to-Point Airlines – Eurowings (including Germanwings) and Brussels Airlines – carried around 3 million passengers in May. Among this total, 2.8 million passengers were on short-haul flights and 0.2 million flew long-haul. This amounts to an increase of 74.2% in comparison to the previous year. May capacity was 116.3% above its prior-year level, while its sales volume was up 107.4%, resulting in 3.3 percentage points lower seat load factor.

On short-haul services the Point-to-Point Airlines raised capacity 76.3% and increased sales volume by 70.7%, resulting in a 2.5 percentage points decrease in seat load factor, compared to May 2016. The seat load factor for the long-haul services decreased 10.3 percentage points to 77.8% during the same period, following a 389.7% increase in capacity and a 332.6% rise in sales volume, compared to the previous year.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Lufthansa Group Media Relations

Lufthansa Group
MonthyoyCumulativeyoy
Total Lufthansa Group AirlinesPassengers in 1,00011,603+18.7%48,005+17.0%
Available seat-kilometers (m)29,002+12.2%125,335+11.6%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)22,904+16.2%97,954+15.5%
Passenger load-factor (%)79.0+2.7pts.78.2+2.7pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)1,332+0.8%6,183+3.0%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)903+7.2%4,300+7.6%
Cargo load-factor (%)67.8+4.0pts.69.5+2.9pts.
Number of flights102,184+11.9%443,545+8.1%
Lufthansa German AirlinesPassengers in 1,0005,863+6.7%25,253+5.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m)16,983+0.5%74,262+0.3%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)13,617+6.4%58,669+5.1%
Passenger load-factor (%)80.2+4.5pts.79.0+3.6pts.
Number of flights48,308+0.4%217,401-2.0%
SWISSPassengers in 1,0001,574+1.2%7,125+6.2%
Available seat-kilometers (m)4,711+5.1%22,079+8.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)3,740+7.6%17,511+12.1%
Passenger load-factor (%)79.4+1.8pts.79.3+2.5pts.
Number of flights14,281-4.2%66,088-2.7%
Austrian AirlinesPassengers in 1,0001,195+15.1%4,519+12.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m)2,442+9.1%9,791+7.1%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)1,809+9.5%7,080+6.8%
Passenger load-factor (%)74.1+0.3pts.72.3-0.2pts.
Number of flights13,172+5.8%55,091+4.3%
Total
Network Airlines*
Passengers in 1,0008,582+6.7%36,657+6.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m)24,105+2.2%105,984+2.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)19,142+6.9%83,146+6.6%
Passenger load-factor (%)79.4+3.5pts.78.5+3.0pts.
Number of flights75,053+0.4%335,108-1.5%
* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines
Total
Point-to-Point
Airlines*
Passengers in 1,0003,021+74.2%11,348+75.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m)4,897+116.3%19,351+117.3%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)3,762+107.4%14,808+119.0%
Passenger load-factor (%)76.8-3.3pts.76.5+0.6pts.
Number of flights26,334+67.2%104,578+57.3%
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines
Additional references
Pricing environmentPositive (excl. currency)
CommentsShift of three public holidays in Germany to June
Next Investor Info11 July 2017

* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines

09.06.2017 Press Release

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