Lufthansa load factor slips to 72.6% in first quarter

A total of 13.8 million passengers chose to fly with the Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in the first quarter 2011, which is 12.5% more than in the same term in the previous year. Capacity improved by 13.5% and traffic climbed by 9.5%. The load factor was down year-on-year by 2.7 percentage points to 72.6%.