Lufthansa Sees Another Drop in Passengers

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Lufthansa has just reported a new drop in passenger numbers. They reported a drop in passenger numbers by about 2.8 percent for June when compared to the same time last year. The German flag carrier went on to say that it saw its sales drop this month by about 5.2 percent, and its load factor dropped as well to 78.4 percent (this is a drop of 2.7 percent). All of these drops happened despite the 2 percent cut in capacity that Lufthansa recently made.

Although Lufthansa did say that there was a very clear drop in sales from the Americas, it did say that the June drop of 8.3 percent is less pronounced than it was in previous months. The carrier went on to say that it and its wholly owned subsidiary SWISS has cut capacity to the region by about 6.4 percent. Lufthansa was happy to point out that, despite the fall of 1.8 percent, its load factor for the area was still high at 86.2 percent.

Lufthansa said that the sharpest drop in demand, by far, was the Asia Pacific region, which fell by 9.1 percent despite the cut in capacity. Lufthansa cut its capacity to the region by 3.4 percent. However, SWISS has cut its capacity by almost 12.5 percent.

Of course, Lufthansa also noted that the demand in Europe has also dipped just slightly by about 1.7 percent. They were happy to report that the demand in the Middle East had rose by 5.5 percent after a 16.6 rise in capacity.

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