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• Strong growth in passenger volume is among others caused by six days of strike in the last year • 10.1 million passengers flew with the Lufthansa Group Airlines in November • Passenger volume increased by 32% compared to previous year's month • Seat load factor improved by 2 percentage points up to 77.8% • Currency adjusted yield indication continuous to develop positively

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group have so far welcomed around 121 million passengers on board their aircraft in 2017. The seat load factor this year remains on a record course of 81.1 percent.

In November 2017, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 10.1 million passengers. This shows an increase of 32% compared to the previous year's month. The available seat kilometers were up 22.3% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 25.6%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising two percentage points compared to November 2016 to 77.8%. The strong growth in comparison to last year is among others caused because the pilots union called for strike on six days in November 2016.

The currency adjusted yield indication developed positively again in November compared to previous year.

Cargo capacity increased 8% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 9.4% in revenue tonne-kilometer terms. As a result, the Cargo load factor showed a corresponding improvement, rising 0.9 percentage points in the month.

Network Airlines

The Network Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines carried 7.6 million passengers in November, 20.5% more than in the prior-year period. Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometers increased by 12.7% in November. The sales volume was up 16.1% over the same period, raising seat load factor by 2.3 percentage points to 78.3%. The increase in seats offered also accounts for the measures taken by Lufthansa Group to compensate for the elimination of Air Berlin from the market and partly reestablish the former capacities.

Lufthansa German Airlines transported 5.4 million passengers in November, a 27.4% increase compared to the same month last year. A 15.7% increase in seat kilometers in November corresponds to a 21.2% increase in sales. Furthermore, the seat load factor was up to 79.3%, therefore 3.6 percentage points above the prior-year's level.

Point-to-Point Airlines

The Lufthansa Group's Point-to-Point Airlines - Eurowings (including Germanwings) and Brussels Airlines - carried around 2.5 million passengers in November. Among this total, 2.2 million passengers were on short-haul flights and 224,000 flew long-haul. This amounts to an increase of 88.2% in comparison to the previous year. November capacity was 115.2% above its prior-year level, while its sales volume was up 119.7%, resulting in an increased seat load factor by 1.6 percentage points of 75.2%.

On short-haul services the Point-to-Point Airlines raised capacity 82.8% and increased sales volume by 96.8%, resulting in a 5.3 percentage points increase in seat load factor of 74.1%, compared to November 2016. The seat load factor for the long-haul services decreased 9.6 percentage points to 76.9% during the same period, following a 201.9% increase in capacity and a 168.5% rise in sales volume, compared to the previous year. The number of passengers on long-haul flights of the Point-to-Point Airlines in November was 241% higher than one year before.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Lufthansa Group Media Relations

Month

yoy

Cumulative

yoy

Total Lufthansa Group Airlines

Passengers in 1,000

10,080

+32.0%

120,703

+18.5%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

25,157

+22.3%

298,915

+12.5%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

19,567

+25.6%

242,309

+15.2%

Passenger load-factor (%)

77.8

+2.0pts.

81.1

+1.9pts.

Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

1,338

+8.0%

14,335

+3.0%

Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

962

+9.4%

9,925

+7.6%

Cargo load-factor (%)

71.9

+0.9pts.

69.2

+2.9pts.

Number of flights

91,310

+21.1%

1,046,038

+10.5%

Lufthansa German Airlines

Passengers in 1,000

5,356

+27.4%

61,576

+6.0%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

14,732

+15.7%

174,335

+1.6%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

11,679

+21.2%

142,535

+5.0%

Passenger load-factor (%)

79.3

+3.6pts.

81.8

+2.7pts.

Number of flights

45,556

+15.7%

502,532

-0.4%

SWISS

Passengers in 1,000

1,375

+5.3%

17,505

+5.4%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

4,467

+8.9%

51,398

+6.1%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

3,450

+6.1%

41,966

+7.8%

Passenger load-factor (%)

77.2

-2.0pts.

81.6

+1.2pts.

Number of flights

12,431

-0.4%

151,828

-2.8%

Austrian Airlines

Passengers in 1,000

953

+9.3%

11,952

+12.9%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

1,828

+0.3%

24,239

+6.9%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

1,334

+3.5%

18,677

+7.7%

Passenger load-factor (%)

73.0

+2.3pts.

77.1

+0.6pts.

Number of flights

11,493

+6.2%

133,419

+6.0%

Total
Network Airlines*

Passengers in 1,000

7,633

+20.5%

90,482

+6.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

20,995

+12.7%

249,635

+3.0%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

16,439

+16.1%

202,917

+5.8%

Passenger load-factor (%)

78.3

+2.3pts.

81.3

+2.1pts.

Number of flights

68,753

+10.9%

779,959

+0.0%

* Lufthansa German Airlines incl. regional airlines, SWISS incl. Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines

Total
Point-to-Point
Airlines*

Passengers in 1,000

2,447

+88.2%

30,220

+76.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

4,162

+115.2%

49,280

+111.6%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

3,129

+119.7%

39,392

+112.0%

Passenger load-factor (%)

75.2

+1.6pts.

79.9

+0.1pts.

Number of flights

21,691

+72.6%

257,431

+62.2%

* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines

Additional references

Yield indication

Positive (excl. currency)

Comments

6 days of strike in November 2016 at Lufthansa German Airlines

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By region

Month

yoy

Cumulative

yoy

Europe

Passengers in 1,000

5,913

+22.2%

69,266

+6.9%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

5,971

+18.6%

71,934

+4.2%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

4,377

+20.4%

55,210

+6.7%

Passenger load-factor (%)

73.3

+1.1pts.

76.8

+1.9pts.

Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

65

+9.4%

670

-4.7%

Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

33

+4.2%

339

-0.7%

Cargo load-factor (%)

50.3

-2.5pts.

50.5

+2.0pts.

America
(North und South)

Passengers in 1,000

818

+13.5%

10,463

+3.5%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

7,737

+10.3%

95,442

+1.9%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

6,250

+14.0%

79,362

+3.9%

Passenger load-factor (%)

80.8

+2.6pts.

83.2

+1.6pts.

Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

597

+9.6%

6,524

+2.6%

Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

412

+10.5%

4,290

+8.1%

Cargo load-factor (%)

69

+0.5pts.

65.8

+3.3pts.

Asia/Pacific

Passengers in 1,000

522

+15.1%

6,303

+5.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

5,230

+10.8%

59,984

+1.1%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

4,167

+14.3%

50,738

+5.4%

Passenger load-factor (%)

79.7

+2.5pts.

84.6

+3.5pts.

Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

551

+6.3%

5,796

+4.5%

Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

442

+7.5%

4,549

+7.9%

Cargo load-factor (%)

80.2

+0.9pts.

78.5

+2.5pts.

Middle East/
Africa

Passengers in 1,000

381

+17.4%

4,450

+14.6%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

2,057

+10.9%

22,274

+9.4%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

1,645

+18.6%

17,607

+13.4%

Passenger load-factor (%)

79.9

+5.1pts.

79.0

+2.7pts.

Available Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

125

+7.5%

1,342

+2.9%

Revenue Cargo tonne-kilometers (m)

75

+17.4%

744

+7.0%

Cargo load-factor (%)

60.2

+5.1pts.

55.4

+2.1pts.

* 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

2,222

+80.0%

27,868

+68.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

2,575

+82.8%

33,131

+71.6%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

1,908

+96.8%

26,158

+75.0%

Passenger load-factor (%)

74.1

+5.3pts.

79.0

+1.5pts.

Long-haul

Passengers in 1,000

224

+241.3%

2,353

+339.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m)

1,587

+201.9%

16,149

+305.8%

Revenue seat-kilometers (m)

1,221

+168.5%

13,234

+264.4%

Passenger load-factor (%)

76.9

-9.6pts.

81.9

-9.3pts.

* Incl. Eurowings and Brussels Airlines

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