With an annual total of 51.3 million
passengers, 653,980 operated flights and a passenger load factor of 75%, the Lufthansa Group achieved three new records in 2005. Targeted capacity
expansion and successful sales management delivered growth and boosted passenger load factor in all traffic regions.
From January to December 2005, 51.3 million passengers, or 0.7% more than in the previous year, chose to fly Lufthansa. Capacity
increased by a moderate 2.5%. However, as sales rose by 4%, the passenger load factor edged up one percentage point to an impressive
75%.
Last year Lufthansa Cargo transported 1.7 million tonnes of freight and mail,
1% less than in 2004. Available capacity increased by 1.3% due to additional belly space on the
groups passenger aircraft, causing the cargo load factor to decline by
2%. As a result, the overall load factor for the group (passenger and cargo business) dropped slightly to 70.7%.
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