With 130 million passengers the airlines of Lufthansa Group reach an all-time high in 2017
• Airlines continue to set new records for passenger numbers and load factors • 9.3 million passengers flew with the Lufthansa Group Airlines in December, therefore 19.9% more than in the previous year • Point-to-point traffic drives growth of Lufthansa Group Airlines • Seat load factor improved by 1.1 percentage points up to 78.9% • Currency adjusted yield indication continuous to develop positively
In December 2017, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 9.3 million passengers. This shows an increase of 19.9% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 14.2% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 15.9%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 1.1 percentage points compared to December 2016 to 78.9%. In total, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 130 million passengers on board their aircraft in 2017 and set with this number a new passenger record. The seat load factor on the 1.1 million flights last year remained on a record course of 80.9 percent.
The currency adjusted yield indication continuous to develop positively in December.
Cargo capacity increased 6.6% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 5.8% in revenue ton-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor decreased 0.5 percentage points in December. Overall, the cargo capacity in 2017 was 3.3% higher than in the previous year. At the same time, cargo sales in this period increased by 7.4%, resulting in a load factor of 2.7 higher percentage points than in 2016.
Network Airlines
The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines carried 7 million passengers in December, 7.4% more than in the prior-year period. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 4.5% in December. The sales volume was up 5.8% over the same period, raising seat load factor by 1 percentage points to 78.7%. In 2017, the Network Airlines carried 97.4 million passengers and therefore 6.8% more than in the previous year. During this period, the seat load factor for Network Airlines increased by 2.1 percentage points to 81.1%.
Lufthansa German Airlines transported 4.7 million passengers in December, a 7.3% increase compared to the same month last year. A 4.2% increase in seat kilometers in December corresponds to a 5.1% increase in sales. Furthermore, the seat load factor was up to 79.2%, therefore 0.7 percentage points above the prior-year’s level. In 2017, Lufthansa German Airlines carried 66.2 million passengers, 6.1% more than in the previous year. At 81.6%, the seat load factor was 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2016.
Point-to-Point Airlines
The Lufthansa Group’s Point-to-Point Airlines – Eurowings (including Germanwings) and Brussels Airlines – carried around 2.4 million passengers in December. Among this total, 2.1 million passengers were on short-haul flights and 251,000 flew long-haul. This amounts to an increase of 80.3% in comparison to the previous year. December capacity was 107.2% above its prior-year level, while its sales volume was up 113%, resulting in an increased seat load factor by 2.2 percentage points of 79.4%.
On short-haul services the Point-to-Point Airlines raised capacity 77.7% and increased sales volume by 90.1%, resulting in a 5.0 percentage points increase in seat load factor of 77.0%, compared to December 2016. The seat load factor for the long-haul services decreased 5.7 percentage points to 82.7% during the same period, following a 170.1% increase in capacity and a 152.8% rise in sales volume, compared to the previous year.
The Point-to-Point Airlines carried a total of 32.6 million passengers in 2017, 77.0% more than in the previous year. At 79.9%, the seat load factor was 0.3 percentage points higher than in 2016.
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| Month | yoy | Cumulative | yoy |
Total Lufthansa Group Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 9.338 | +19.9% | 130.040 | +18.6% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 23.907 | +14.2% | 322.821 | +12.7% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 18.852 | +15.9% | 261.156 | +15.2% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 78,9 | +1.1pts. | 80,9 | +1.8pts. | |
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 1.281 | +6.6% | 15.618 | +3.3% | |
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 895 | +5.8% | 10.819 | +7.4% | |
Cargo load-factor (%) | 69,8 | -0.5pts. | 69,3 | +2.7pts. | |
Number of flights | 83.979 | +12.0% | 1.130.008 | +10.6% | |
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Lufthansa German Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 4.658 | +7.3% | 66.234 | +6.1% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 13.427 | +4.2% | 187.762 | +1.8% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 10.632 | +5.1% | 153.168 | +5.0% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 79,2 | +0.7pts. | 81,6 | +2.5pts. | |
Number of flights | 40.136 | +0.8% | 542.668 | -0.3% | |
SWISS | Passengers in 1,000 | 1.430 | +5.2% | 18.933 | +5.3% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 4.568 | +6.1% | 55.966 | +6.1% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 3.631 | +7.9% | 45.597 | +7.8% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 79,5 | +1.3pts. | 81,5 | +1.3pts. | |
Number of flights | 12.664 | -1.2% | 164.492 | -2.7% | |
Austrian Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 900 | +11.7% | 12.850 | +12.8% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 1.836 | +3.0% | 26.075 | +6.6% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1.353 | +5.8% | 20.024 | +7.6% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 73,7 | +2.0pts. | 76,8 | +0.7pts. | |
Number of flights | 10.580 | +3.7% | 143.999 | +5.8% | |
Total | Passengers in 1,000 | 6.945 | +7.4% | 97.426 | +6.8% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 19.806 | +4.5% | 269.441 | +3.1% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 15.597 | +5.8% | 218.509 | +5.8% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 78,7 | +1.0pts. | 81,1 | +2.1pts. | |
Number of flights | 62.777 | +0.9% | 842.736 | +0.1% | |
* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines |
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Total | Passengers in 1,000 | 2.393 | +80.3% | 32.613 | +77.0% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 4.100 | +107.2% | 53.381 | +111.3% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 3.254 | +113.0% | 42.647 | +112.1% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 79,4 | +2.2pts. | 79,9 | +0.3pts. | |
Number of flights | 20.373 | +70.0% | 277.804 | +62.7% | |
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Next Investor Info | 9 February 2018 | ||||
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Network Airlines & Cargo* |
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| Month | yoy | Cumulative | yoy |
Europe | Passengers in 1,000 | 5.289 | +8.2% | 74.554 | +6.9% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 5.539 | +5.1% | 77.473 | +4.3% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 3.982 | +7.1% | 59.190 | +6.8% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 71,9 | +1.3pts. | 76,4 | +1.8pts. | |
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 59 | +1.7% | 730 | -4.1% | |
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 30 | -6.5% | 369 | -1.0% | |
Cargo load-factor (%) | 50 | -4.4pts. | 50,5 | +1.6pts. | |
America | Passengers in 1,000 | 812 | +5.0% | 11.275 | +3.6% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 7.432 | +4.5% | 102.874 | +2.1% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 6.164 | +5.2% | 85.526 | +4.0% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 82,9 | +0.5pts. | 83,1 | +1.4pts. | |
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 580 | +4.4% | 7.104 | +2.8% | |
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 388 | +2.9% | 4.678 | +7.6% | |
Cargo load-factor (%) | 66,8 | -1.0pts. | 65,8 | +2.9pts. | |
Asia/Pacific | Passengers in 1,000 | 482 | +6.3% | 6.784 | +5.7% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 4.798 | +5.4% | 64.782 | +1.4% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 3.856 | +6.1% | 54.594 | +5.5% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 80,4 | +0.6pts. | 84,3 | +3.3pts. | |
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 523 | +11.6% | 6.319 | +5.0% | |
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 407 | +8.4% | 4.956 | +7.9% | |
Cargo load-factor (%) | 77,9 | -2.2pts. | 78,4 | +2.1pts. | |
Middle East/ | Passengers in 1,000 | 363 | +4.1% | 4.813 | +13.7% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 2.037 | +0.8% | 24.311 | +8.6% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1.594 | +4.0% | 19.199 | +12.5% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 78,3 | +2.4pts. | 79,0 | +2.8pts. | |
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 119 | -0.6% | 1.462 | +2.6% | |
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 70 | +13.9% | 814 | +7.6% | |
Cargo load-factor (%) | 58,9 | +7.5pts. | 55,7 | +2.5pts. | |
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Short-haul | Passengers in 1,000 | 2.142 | +71.8% | 30.010 | +68.5% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 2.392 | +77.7% | 35.523 | +72.0% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1.841 | +90.1% | 27.999 | +75.9% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 77,0 | +5.0pts. | 78,8 | +1.7pts. | |
Long-haul | Passengers in 1,000 | 251 | +212.3% | 2.604 | +322.7% |
Available seat-kilometers (m) | 1.708 | +170.1% | 17.858 | +287.2% | |
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1.413 | +152.8% | 14.648 | +249.5% | |
Passenger load-factor (%) | 82,7 | -5.7pts. | 82,0 | -8.8pts. | |
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines |
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