Lufthansa Group posts improved traffic figures in 2010

Deutsche Lufthansa AG significantly improved its traffic performance in 2010 compared with the previous year. All in all, the airlines in the Group welcomed 90.2 million passengers on board their flights over the past twelve months. This represents an increase of 17.2% over the previous year. Capacity was up by 12.1% and traffic grew by 14%. The seat load factor rose accordingly by 1.4 pts. to 79.4%. Passenger numbers increased in all traffic regions, whereby the steepest growth occurred in the Middle East and Africa region.