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Τετάρτη 15 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Lufthansa Group exceeded last year’s total passenger number already in October



Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για Lufthansa Group exceeded last year’s total passenger number already in October

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group have so far welcomed around 111 million passengers on board their aircraft in 2017, which is more than in the whole year of 2016. The seat load factor on the almost one million flights this year remains on a record course of 81.4 percent.
In October 2017, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 12.2 million passengers. This shows an increase of 16.7% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 11.6% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 12.1%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 0.4 percentage points compared to October 2016 to 81.4%.
The currency adjusted pricing environment developed positively in October the sixth consecutive month.
Cargo capacity increased 1% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 2.4% in revenue tonne-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor showed a corresponding improvement, rising 0.9 percentage points in the month.
Network Airlines
The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines carried nine million passengers in October, 4.1% more than in the prior-year period. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 1.6% in October. The sales volume was up 2.7% over the same period, raising seat load factor by 0.8 percentage points to 81.6%.
Lufthansa German Airlines transported 6.1 million passengers in October, a 4% increase compared to the same month last year. A 0.9% increase in seat kilometers in October corresponds to a 2.3% increase in sales. Furthermore, the seat load factor was up to 81.7%, therefore 1.2 percentage points above the prior-year’s level.
Point-to-Point Airlines
The Lufthansa Group’s Point-to-Point Airlines – Eurowings (including Germanwings) and Brussels Airlines – carried around 3.2 million passengers in October. Among this total, three million passengers were on short-haul flights and 213,000 flew long-haul. This amounts to an increase of 75.6% in comparison to the previous year. October capacity was 105.3% above its prior-year level, while its sales volume was up 98.8%, resulting in a decreased seat load factor by 2.7 percentage points of 80.6%.
 On short-haul services the Point-to-Point Airlines raised capacity 70.4% and increased sales volume by 70.8%, resulting in a 0.2 percentage points increase in seat load factor of 81.7%, compared to October 2016. The seat load factor for the long-haul services decreased 14.6 percentage points to 78.2% during the same period, following a 291.9% increase in capacity and a 230.3% rise in sales volume, compared to the previous year. The number of passengers on long-haul flights of the Point-to-Point Airlines in October was around four times higher than one year before.
Lufthansa Group
    
      
  
Month
yoy
Cumulative
yoy
Total Lufthansa Group Airlines
Passengers in 1,000
12,193
+16.7%
110,623
+17.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
28,959
+11.6%
273,759
+11.7%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
23,572
+12.1%
222,748
+14.4%
Passenger load-factor (%)
81.4
+0.4pts.
81.4
+1.9pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
1,373
+1.0%
12,994
+2.5%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
973
+2.4%
8,960
+7.3%
Cargo load-factor (%)
70.9
+0.9pts.
69.0
+3.1pts.
Number of flights
103,076
+11.6%
954,739
+9.5%
      
Lufthansa German Airlines
Passengers in 1,000
6,111
+4.0%
56,220
+4.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
16,708
+0.9%
159,604
+0.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
13,646
+2.3%
130,857
+3.8%
Passenger load-factor (%)
81.7
+1.2pts.
82.0
+2.6pts.
Number of flights
49,032
-0.5%
456,976
-1.8%
SWISS
Passengers in 1,000
1,730
+1.2%
16,130
+5.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
4,930
+4.5%
46,931
+5.9%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
4,086
+3.8%
38,516
+8.0%
Passenger load-factor (%)
82.9
-0.6pts.
82.1
+1.6pts.
Number of flights
14,582
-2.0%
139,397
-3.0%
Austrian Airlines
Passengers in 1,000
1,174
+8.7%
10,999
+13.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
2,246
+1.2%
22,412
+7.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
1,747
+2.7%
17,349
+8.1%
Passenger load-factor (%)
77.8
+1.2pts.
77.4
+0.4pts.
Number of flights
13,111
+5.1%
121,927
+5.9%
Total
Network Airlines*
Passengers in 1,000
8,962
+4.1%
82,850
+5.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
23,852
+1.6%
228,641
+2.2%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
19,454
+2.7%
186,484
+5.0%
Passenger load-factor (%)
81.6
+0.8pts.
81.6
+2.2pts.
Number of flights
75,988
+0.1%
711,207
-0.9%
* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines
   
      
Total
Point-to-Point
Airlines*
Passengers in 1,000
3,231
+75.6%
27,774
+75.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
5,108
+105.3%
45,118
+111.3%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
4,118
+98.8%
36,264
+111.4%
Passenger load-factor (%)
80.6
-2.7pts.
80.4
+0.0pts.
Number of flights
26,261
+68.5%
235,740
+61.3%
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines
    
      
      
Additional references
    
      
Pricing environment
Positive (excl. currency)
      
Comments
 
      
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9 December 2017
Network Airlines & Cargo*
    
      
By region
 
Month
yoy
Cumulative
yoy
Europe
Passengers in 1,000
6,948
+4.2%
63,354
+5.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
7,069
+2.6%
65,965
+3.1%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
5,526
+3.3%
50,836
+5.7%
Passenger load-factor (%)
78.2
+0.6pts.
77.1
+1.9pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
66
-7.4%
606
-6.0%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
33
-3.5%
306
-1.2%
Cargo load-factor (%)
49.7
+2.0pts.
50.5
+2.4pts.
America
(North und South)
Passengers in 1,000
1,002
+1.3%
9,645
+2.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
9,008
+1.7%
87,706
+1.2%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
7,558
+1.3%
73,114
+3.1%
Passenger load-factor (%)
83.9
-0.3pts.
83.4
+1.5pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
628
+1.0%
5,923
+1.9%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
426
+4.3%
3,875
+7.8%
Cargo load-factor (%)
67.9
+2.1pts.
65.4
+3.5pts.
Asia/Pacific
Passengers in 1,000
585
+1.9%
5,781
+4.9%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
5,691
-1.6%
54,754
+0.3%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
4,718
+0.9%
46,572
+4.7%
Passenger load-factor (%)
82.9
+2.1pts.
85.1
+3.6pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
556
+2.2%
5,245
+4.3%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
440
+0.5%
4,107
+7.9%
Cargo load-factor (%)
79.2
-1.4pts.
78.3
+2.6pts.
Middle East/
Africa
Passengers in 1,000
426
+14.3%
4,070
+14.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
2,083
+8.0%
20,217
+9.3%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
1,652
+12.9%
15,963
+12.9%
Passenger load-factor (%)
79.3
+3.4pts.
79.0
+2.6pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
124
+0.7%
1,218
+2.4%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)
74
+6.6%
669
+5.9%
Cargo load-factor (%)
60.1
+3.3pts.
55
+1.8pts.
* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo
  
      
      
Point-to-Point Airlines*
    
      
  
Month
yoy
Cumulative
yoy
Short-haul
Passengers in 1,000
3,019
+68.8%
25,662
+67.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
3,571
+70.4%
30,602
+71.0%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
2,916
+70.8%
24,290
+73.8%
Passenger load-factor (%)
81.7
+0.2pts.
79.4
+1.3pts.
Long-haul
Passengers in 1,000
213
+304.9%
2,111
+349.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m)
1,537
+291.9%
14,516
+320.2%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m)
1,202
+230.3%
11,973
+276.9%
Passenger load-factor (%)
78.2
-14.6pts.
82.5
-9.5pts.
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines