Lufthansa Group pax down 2% to 7.4m in Dec-2015, 107.7m pax in 2015

Lufthansa Group reports (12-Jan-2016) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2015:
• • Passenger numbers: 7.4 million, -2.0% year-on-year;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 5.4 million, +4.0%;
    • SWISS**: 1.3 million, -1.9%;
    • Austrian Airlines: 712,000, -4.5%;
  • Passenger load factor: 76.4%, -1.1 ppts;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 76.2%, -0.4 ppt;
    • SWISS**: 79.0%, -2.4 ppts;
    • Austrian Airlines: 72.6%, -3.6 ppts;
• 12 months ended Dec-2015:
• • Passenger numbers: 107.7 million, +1.6%;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 79.3 million, +2.3%;
    • SWISS**: 17.5 million, +1.5%;
    • Austrian Airlines: 10.8 million -3.0%;
  • Passenger load factor: 80.4%, +0.3 ppt;
  • • Lufthansa Passenger Airlines*: 80.2%, +0.8 ppt;
    • SWISS**: 82.8%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Austrian Airlines: 78.0%, -0.9 ppt. [more - original PR]

*Includes LH regional airlines and Germanwings
**Includes Edelweiss Air