Lufthansa reports Record Passenger Volume in first half 2005

Lufthansa set new records in the first six months of 2005 with passenger numbers and the capacity utilisation of the group’s passenger aircraft reaching their highest half-year level in the company’s 50-year history. From January to June 2005, 24.7 million passengers flew with the group airlines – 0.2% more than in the first half of 2004. Available capacity rose by 2.9%, sales by 4.0%. Accordingly, the passenger load factor improved by 0.8 percentage points to 74.3%.

Lufthansa Cargo also performed well in the first six months of the year. The group’s logistics services provider transported about 847,100 tonnes of freight and mail, which represents a year-on-year increase of 0.9%. The cargo load factor dropped 1.9 percentage points to 64.8% due to the additional belly capacity available on Lufthansa’s passenger aircraft.

The overall load factor of the Lufthansa Group’s passenger and cargo aircraft slipped 0.7 percentage points to 70.1%.

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