Close to 35 million passengers fly with Lufthansa and SWISS
Lufthansa posted a rise in passenger numbers in the first six months of 2008. More than 28 million flew with Lufthansa in the period from January through June, an increase of 5.4 per cent on the year-earlier level. Capacity rose by 5.8 per cent in the same period. Revenue seat-kilometres were up by 5.5 per cent. The seat load factor reached 78.2 per cent (-0.3 per cent).
Overall, Lufthansa and SWISS together carried close to 35 million passengers in the first half-year, which is about 29 per cent more than in the comparable period in the previous year. Of the total, more than six million flew with SWISS. The number of flights rose by 22.5 per cent to a total of 413,218.
Lufthansa Cargo transported around 869,000 tonnes of freight and mail, which is 0.9 per cent fewer than in the first half last time round. The cargo load factor fell by 0.3 percentage points to 68.2 per cent.
Lufthansa Passenger Airlines / Lufthansa Cargo
Jan-Jun 2008
Jan-Jun 2007
Year-on-year change in per cent
Passengers (in 1,000s) 28,391 26,950 +5.4
Available seat-kilometres (mill). 78,923 74,568 +5.8
Revenue passenger-kilometres (mill)** 61.737 58.527 +5,5
Seat load factor in per cent** 78.2 78.5 -0.3pp
Freight/mail (in 1,000 tonnes) 869 877 -0.9
Cargo load factor in per cent 68.2 68.5 -0.3pp
SWISS
Passengers (in 1,000s) 6,449
Seat load factor in per cent 78.8
Lufthansa Group*
Passengers (in 1,000s) 34,840 26,950 +29.3
Number of flights 413.218 337.206 +22.5
Germanwings
Passengers (in 1,000s) 3,600 3,709 -2.9
* Including SWISS for the period January to June 2008. SWISS was not included in the Lufthansa Group’s passenger numbers in the period from January to June 2007. Consolidation took place in July 2007.
** Passenger numbers in the Lufthansa Group have been assessed to the ICAO standard since 1 January 2008. (Members of bonus mile programmes are included in passenger count). The previous year’s figures have been adjusted accordingly.
