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Lufthansa Group's August Passengers Numbers Rise 2.9%

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Lufthansa Group's August Passengers Numbers Rise 2.9%

The Lufthansa Group welcomed more than 14.1 million passengers in August of this year.

This is an increase of 2.9%, the group said, when compared to August of last year.

The group said that its available seat kilometres, a measure of passenger carrying capacity, were up by 1.8% over the previous year.

In addition to this, the group's sales increased by 2.7%.

Network Airlines

The Network Airlines, which includes Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS and Austrian Airlines, carried approximately 10.2 million passengers in August, which was a 3.3% increase on the same period in 2018.

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Compared to the previous year, the available seat kilometres increased by 3.1% in August.

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