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Traffic figures of the Lufthansa Group’s airlines* | ||||||
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2008 |
2007 |
Change in % | ||
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Passengers carried |
thousands |
70,543 |
62,878 |
12.2 | ||
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Available passenger-kilometres |
millions |
195,431 |
169,108 |
15.6 | ||
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Revenue passenger-kilometres |
millions |
154,156 |
135,011 |
14.2 | ||
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Passenger load factor |
% |
78.9 |
79.8 |
–0.9 pts | ||
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Freight/mail |
thousand tonnes |
1,919 |
1,911 |
0.4 | ||
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Cargo load factor |
% |
62.9 |
67.4 |
–4.5 pts | ||
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Available tonne-kilometres |
millions |
15,141 |
13,416 |
12.9 | ||
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Revenue tonne-kilometres |
millions |
9,530 |
9,043 |
5.4 | ||
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Total available tonne-kilometres |
millions |
34,960 |
30,339 |
15.2 | ||
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Total revenue tonne-kilometres |
millions |
24,992 |
22,613 |
10.5 | ||
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Overall load factor |
% |
71.5 |
74.5 |
–3.0 pts | ||
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Number of flights |
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830,819 |
749,431 |
10.9 | ||
The Group’s traffic revenue rose sharply by 13.8 per cent to EUR 20.0bn. The change is explained to 8.6 per cent by the full consolidation of SWISS in the first half-year 2008, and to 3.1 per cent by increased volumes. Positive price effects were partially offset by adverse currency effects, which reduced traffic revenue by some EUR 447m
(–2.5 per cent).
The Passenger Transportation business segment accounts for the largest share with 84.3 per cent, generating total traffic revenue of EUR 16.9bn. This is 13.9 per cent more than in the previous year. Of the increase, 8.9 per cent was due to the full consolidation of SWISS in the first half-year of 2008. Increased volumes and positive price effects increased revenue by 7.3 per cent overall, but negative currency effects diminished traffic revenue by EUR 361m or 2.4 per cent.
In the Logistics business segment, despite lower volumes and negative currency effects, traffic revenue climbed by 6.5 per cent to EUR 2.8bn due to higher average yields. Overall, the Group’s traffic revenue now makes up 80.5 per cent of its total revenue (previous year: 78.4 per cent).
