- Increase in passenger volume of 17%
- Seat load factor rises 0.3 percentage points up to 86.3%
- Pricing environment develops positive again
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed 13.1 million passengers on board in July 2017. This shows an increase of 16.9% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 12.4% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 12.8%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 0.3 percentage points to 86.3%, compared to July 2016. In total the airlines of the Lufthansa Group carried more than 73 million passengers this year until July. The overall seat load factor reached a historical record with 80.2 percent.
The currency adjusted pricing environment in July was again positive.
Cargo capacity increased 1.4% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 8.4% in revenue ton-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor showed a corresponding improvement, rising 4.3 percentage points in the month.
Hub Airlines
The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, Swiss and Austrian Airlines carried 9.7 million passengers in July, 5.1% more than the previous year’s month. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 2.7% in July. The sales volume was up 3.4% over the same period, raising the seat load factor by 0.6 percentage points to 86.7%.
Lufthansa German Airlines carried more than 6.4 million passengers in July, a 3.3% increase compared to the same month last year. A 1.1% increase in seat kilometers in July faced a 2% increase in sales. Hence, the seat load factor was up to 86.8%, therefore 0.8 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 3.4 million passengers in July. Among this total, about 3.1 million passengers were on short-haul flights and 240,000 flew long-haul. This amounts to an increase of 73.2% in comparison to the previous year. July capacity was 105.8% above its prior-year level, while its sales volume was up 103.5%, resulting in a one percentage points lower seat load factor of 84.7% at the Point-to-Point Airlines. On the short-haul services, the available seat kilometers increased by 67.5%, at the same time, sales increased by 67.2% in the same period. This resulted in a nearly stable seat load factor, 0.1% below July 2016. The seat load factor for the long-haul services decreased by 7.4 percentage points to 85.6% during the same period. Here a 337.5% increase in supply faced a 302.5% increase in sales.
| Lufthansa Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | yoy | Cumulative | yoy | ||
| Total Lufthansa Group Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 13,060 | +16.9% | 73,052 | +17.2% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 30,814 | +12.4% | 185,054 | +11.8% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 26,599 | +12.8% | 148,480 | +15.1% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 86.3 | +0.3pts. | 80.2 | +2.3pts. | |
| Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 1,386 | +1.4% | 8,906 | +2.9% | |
| Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 931 | +8.4% | 6,150 | +8.1% | |
| Cargo load-factor (%) | 67.2 | +4.3pts. | 69.1 | +3.3pts. | |
| Number of flights | 104,836 | +11.8% | 648,485 | +8.9% | |
| Lufthansa German Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 6,443 | +3.3% | 37,669 | +4.5% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 17,631 | +1.1% | 108,638 | +0.5% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 15,296 | +2.0% | 88,027 | +4.4% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 86.8 | +0.8pts. | 81.0 | +3.0pts. | |
| Number of flights | 48,890 | -0.9% | 313,066 | -2.1% | |
| SWISS | Passengers in 1,000 | 1,872 | +1.6% | 10,636 | +5.3% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 5,172 | +3.8% | 32,027 | +7.4% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 4,501 | +4.4% | 25,965 | +10.5% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 87.0 | +0.5pts. | 81.1 | +2.3pts. | |
| Number of flights | 14,890 | -5.0% | 94,986 | -3.3% | |
| Austrian Airlines | Passengers in 1,000 | 1,387 | +14.8% | 7,172 | +13.8% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 2,706 | +9.8% | 15,004 | +8.0% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 2,307 | +9.5% | 11,351 | +8.5% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 85.3 | -0.2pts. | 75.7 | +0.3pts. | |
| Number of flights | 13,646 | +8.9% | 81,924 | +5.5% | |
| Total Network Airlines* | Passengers in 1,000 | 9,702 | +5.1% | 55,189 | +5.8% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 25,509 | +2.7% | 155,489 | +2.5% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 22,104 | +3.4% | 125,207 | +5.9% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 86.7 | +0.6pts. | 80.5 | +2.6pts. | |
| Number of flights | 77,426 | +0.8% | 485,804 | -1.2% | |
| * Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines | |||||
| Total Point-to-Point Airlines* | Passengers in 1,000 | 3,358 | +73.2% | 17,863 | +75.5% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 5,305 | +105.8% | 29,565 | +113.7% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 4,495 | +103.5% | 23,273 | +115.0% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 84.7 | -1.0pts. | 78.7 | +0.5pts. | |
| Number of flights | 26,628 | +64.7% | 157,245 | +59.7% | |
| * Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines | |||||
| Additional references | |||||
| Pricing environment | Positive (excl. currency) | ||||
| Comments | |||||
| Next Investor Info | 11 September 2017 | ||||
| Network Airlines & Cargo* | |||||
| By region | Month | yoy | Cumulative | yoy | |
| Europe | Passengers in 1,000 | 7,421 | +5.7% | 42,147 | +5.7% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 7,540 | +4.7% | 44,463 | +3.1% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 6,221 | +6.4% | 33,613 | +6.3% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 82.5 | +1.3pts. | 75.6 | +2.2pts. | |
| Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 63 | -6.8% | 416 | -4.9% | |
| Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 31 | +0.2% | 214 | -0.3% | |
| Cargo load-factor (%) | 48.4 | +3.4pts. | 51.5 | +2.4pts. | |
| America (North und South) | Passengers in 1,000 | 1,157 | -0.6% | 6,413 | +3.6% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 9,997 | +0.3% | 59,455 | +2.1% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 8,758 | +0.0% | 48,856 | +4.2% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 87.6 | -0.3pts. | 82.2 | +1.7pts. | |
| Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 642 | -0.4% | 4,043 | +2.2% | |
| Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 403 | +7.9% | 2,661 | +7.7% | |
| Cargo load-factor (%) | 62.8 | +4.9pts. | 65.8 | +3.3pts. | |
| Asia/Pacific | Passengers in 1,000 | 662 | +1.9% | 3,940 | +5.6% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 5,914 | +0.7% | 37,466 | +0.3% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 5,363 | +1.7% | 31,785 | +6.0% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 90.7 | +0.9pts. | 84.8 | +4.5pts. | |
| Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 554 | +3.8% | 3,597 | +5.0% | |
| Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 427 | +8.4% | 2,814 | +9.8% | |
| Cargo load-factor (%) | 77.1 | +3.3pts. | 78.2 | +3.4pts. | |
| Middle East/ Africa | Passengers in 1,000 | 462 | +15.2% | 2,689 | +12.3% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 2,059 | +13.8% | 14,105 | +9.0% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1,762 | +17.2% | 10,952 | +13.0% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 85.6 | +2.5pts. | 77.6 | +2.7pts. | |
| Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 126 | +4.8% | 850 | +2.0% | |
| Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) | 70 | +15.6% | 459 | +4.0% | |
| Cargo load-factor (%) | 55.5 | +5.1pts. | 54 | +1.0pts. | |
| * 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 | 3,115 | +65.1% | 16,443 | +66.8% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 3,705 | +67.5% | 19,774 | +72.4% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 3,125 | +67.2% | 15,196 | +75.5% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 84.3 | -0.1pts. | 76.8 | +1.4pts. | |
| Long-haul | Passengers in 1,000 | 243 | +362.1% | 1,420 | +347.8% |
| Available seat-kilometers (m) | 1,600 | +337.5% | 9,791 | +314.2% | |
| Revenue seat-kilometers (m) | 1,370 | +302.5% | 8,077 | +273.4% | |
| Passenger load-factor (%) | 85.6 | -7.4pts. | 82.5 | -9.0pts. | |
| * Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines | |||||
