OREANDA-NEWS. The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 11.2 million passengers in April 2017. This shows an increase of 25.1% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 15.8% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 25.2%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 6.2 percentage points to 82.3%, compared to April 2016. As a result, Lufthansa Group has reached new record results for the month of April in the number of passengers, as well as the utilization of its aircraft. 

The currency adjusted pricing environment was negative in April, due to the fact that Easter with its higher share of private travel occurred in March last year. 

Cargo capacity increased 3.8% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 6.0% in revenue ton-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor showed a corresponding improvement, rising 1.4 percentage points in the month. 

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The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, Swiss and Austrian Airlines carried 8.4 million passengers in April, 12.0% more than in the prior-year period. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 5.5% in April, although the number of flights declined by 0.9%. The sales volume was up 14.1% over the same period, raising seat load factor by 6.2 percentage points to 82.4%. 

Lufthansa German Airlines transported 5.7 million passengers in April, a 10.2% increase compared to the same month last year. A three-percent increase in seat kilometers in April was a 12% increase in sales. Furthermore, the seat load factor was up to 82.4%, therefore 6.6 percentage points above the prior-year level.

Lufthansa Group        
           
    Month yoy Cumulative yoy
Total Lufthansa Group Airlines Passengers in 1,000 11,164 +25.1% 36,398 +16.5%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 27,442 +15.8% 96,332 +11.4%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 22,592 +25.2% 75,053 +15.4%
Passenger load-factor (%) 82.3 +6.2pts. 77.9 +2.7pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 1,293 +3.8% 4,851 +3.6%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 897 +6.0% 3,397 +7.7%
Cargo load-factor (%) 69.4 +1.4pts. 70.0 +2.6pts.
Number of flights 94,572 +9.4% 341,361 +7.0%
           
Lufthansa German Airlines Passengers in 1,000 5,680 +10.2% 19,390 +4.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 16,040 +3.0% 57,277 +0.2%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 13,211 +12.0% 45,053 +4.7%
Passenger load-factor (%) 82.4 +6.6pts. 78.7 +3.4pts.
Number of flights 45,514 -2.0% 169,093 -2.7%
SWISS Passengers in 1,000 1,622 +11.2% 5,550 +7.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 4,641 +10.4% 17,369 +9.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 3,905 +18.2% 13,770 +13.4%
Passenger load-factor (%) 84.1 +5.5pts. 79.3 +2.7pts.
Number of flights 13,801 -2.1% 51,807 -2.3%
Austrian Airlines Passengers in 1,000 1,133 +23.1% 3,322 +11.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 2,262 +14.3% 7,349 +6.4%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 1,792 +21.6% 5,275 +6.0%
Passenger load-factor (%) 79.2 +4.8pts. 71.8 -0.3pts.
Number of flights 12,111 +5.7% 41,919 +3.8%
Total
Network Airlines*		 Passengers in 1,000 8,385 +12.0% 28,071 +5.9%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 22,913 +5.5% 81,877 +2.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 18,884 +14.1% 64,007 +6.5%
Passenger load-factor (%) 82.4 +6.2pts. 78.2 +2.9pts.
Number of flights 70,720 -0.9% 260,055 -2.0%
* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines      
           
Total
Point-to-Point
Airlines*		 Passengers in 1,000 2,779 +93.3% 8,327 +75.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 4,530 +129.7% 14,454 +117.6%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 3,708 +148.4% 11,045 +123.3%
Passenger load-factor (%) 81.9 +6.2pts. 76.4 +1.9pts.
Number of flights 23,075 +60.2% 78,244 +54.2%
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines        
           
           
Additional references        
           
Pricing environment  Negative (excl. currency)
           
Comments Shift of Easter holidays into April this year
           
Next Investor Info 12 June 2017
           
           
Network Airlines & Cargo*        
           
By region   Month yoy Cumulative yoy
Europe Passengers in 1,000 6,414 +11.0% 21,318 +5.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 6,644 +5.4% 22,873 +2.0%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 5,181 +13.0% 16,579 +6.3%
Passenger load-factor (%) 78.0 +5.2pts. 72.5 +3.0pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 59 -8.7% 226 -4.2%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 30 -7.6% 118 -1.8%
Cargo load-factor (%) 51.3 +0.6pts. 52.4 +1.3pts.
America
(North und South)		 Passengers in 1,000 960 +13.8% 3,159 +5.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 8,532 +4.7% 30,529 +3.1%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 7,265 +14.0% 24,190 +5.5%
Passenger load-factor (%) 85.2 +7.0pts. 79.2 +1.7pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 578 +2.3% 2,167 +2.7%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 381 +4.3% 1,477 +7.1%
Cargo load-factor (%) 65.9 +1.3pts. 68.2 +2.8pts.
Asia/Pacific Passengers in 1,000 584 +11.3% 2,091 +5.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 5,628 +2.8% 20,207 +0.8%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 4,746 +11.5% 16,845 +6.5%
Passenger load-factor (%) 84.3 +6.6pts. 83.4 +4.5pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 538 +7.2% 1,971 +6.4%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 422 +9.4% 1,545 +10.5%
Cargo load-factor (%) 78.4 +1.6pts. 78.4 +2.9pts.
Middle East/
Africa		 Passengers in 1,000 427 +24.4% 1,503 +10.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 2,109 +17.3% 8,268 +6.6%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 1,691 +26.9% 6,393 +10.9%
Passenger load-factor (%) 80.2 +6.0pts. 77.3 +3.0pts.
Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 117 +3.3% 487 +0.6%
Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m) 64 +1.8% 255 -0.2%
Cargo load-factor (%) 54.7 -0.8pts. 52.5 -0.4pts.
* 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 2,555 +83.0% 7,549 +65.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 3,025 +81.4% 9,066 +72.5%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 2,443 +102.0% 6,560 +80.0%
Passenger load-factor (%) 80.7 +8.2pts. 72.4 +3.0pts.
Long-haul Passengers in 1,000 224 +436.1% 778 +312.2%
Available seat-kilometers (m) 1,504 +394.6% 5,389 +288.8%
Revenue seat-kilometers (m) 1,265 +346.1% 4,485 +244.3%
Passenger load-factor (%) 84.1 -9.1pts. 83.2 -10.8pts.
* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines