First half of the year successful
After leaving profit: Lufthansa on course for annual goals
Lufthansa exceeds expectations. The bottom line was that the group recently earned twice as much as a year earlier. The demand towards the USA only weakens in one country.
A strong ticket demand and lower fuel costs are optimistic about the current year despite the turbulent global economy. The operational profit before special items (adjusted EBIT) should significantly exceed the previous year’s value of 1.6 billion euros as planned, says the group listed in the MDAX. Even an increased trend towards short-term bookings does not change this. In the second quarter, Lufthansa and its daughters were already doing better than expected.
The most important long-distance market has remained the routes to North America, where the group offered 7 percent more places in the second quarter than before. Customers from the USA in particular continue to book strongly, while in Germany in particular, customers are hesitating in the lower booking classes. Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr announced that the planned growth may be reduced in the fourth quarter.
Italian participation already deserves with
In the second quarter, the adjusted operational profit rose by 27 percent to 871 million euros after strikes struck the result a year earlier. All corporate airlines such as Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels and the new branch ITA flew black. The daughters for maintenance and logistics also flourished. The bottom line was that the Lufthansa Group even earned a good one billion euros and thus twice as much as a year earlier. In addition to the ongoing business, the exchange rate for the US dollar and a tax repayment contributed to this.
Criticism of unchanged ticket tax
The Lufthansa boss used the submission of the quarterly figures for significant criticism of the high location costs mainly in Germany. “We have arrived at a point where we can no longer continue,” said Spohr with a view to fees and again the ticket tax that was not lowered by the Federal Government. Every postponement of this measure agreed in the coalition agreement endangers the overall economic competitiveness of the export nation Germany.
Annual report Lufthansa Group Q2/2025 Communication Lufthansa Group Q2/2025
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Source: Stern
