In January the Lufthansa Group airlines reported a 3.1. per cent rise in passenger numbers year-on-year to 3.6 million. Capacity was increased by 2.6 per cent, while sales grew by 0.8 per cent.

At Lufthansa Cargo the trend experienced in previous months continued. In January, the company transported 123,000 tonnes of freight and mail, 3.1 per cent less than a year earlier. However, the cargo load factor increased by 1.3 percentage points to 64.9 per cent. Optimisation of the cargo network and the expiry of the cooperation agreement with US Airways reduced available capacity by 5.1 per cent, while sales remained about 3.2 per cent below the prior-year level.