Lufthansa Cargo reports cargo volume up over first nine months

At the end of the third quarter, Lufthansa Cargo has posted a significant increase in the volume of freight and mail transported. From January to September the cargo carrier boosted tonnage by 8.4 per cent year-on-year.

Capacity was raised substantially, particularly in the first half-year. At the end of the nine-month period, capacity had been increased by 12.3 per cent. Since sales also grew sharply by 9.5 per cent, Lufthansa Cargo was able to achieve a high level of capacity utilisation. The cargo load factor in the first nine months was 69.3 per cent.

Performance data for Lufthansa Cargo in the first nine months of 2011 at a glance:

Total
	2011	2010	Year-on-year change in %
Freight / mail in tonnes (1,000s)	1.413	1.304	8,4%
Available tonne-kilometres (millions)	10.269	9.142	12,3%
Revenue tonne-kilometres (millions)	7.120	6.504	9,5%
Cargo load factor	69,3%	71,1%	-1,8%pp

Overview of traffic regions:

	Europ		America		Asia/Pazific		Afrika/Middle East
	2011	YoY change	2011	YoY change	2011	YoY change	2011	YoY change
Freight/mail in tonnes (1,000s)	470	6,1%	431	12,8%	404	7,2%	108	5,7%
Available tonne-kilometres (millions)	616	6,9%	4.215	15,6%	4.505	10,7%	933	9,5%
Revenue tonne-kilometres (millions)	282	7,3%	2.995	11,8%	3.290	7,7%	554	9,2%
Cargo load factor	45,7%	0,2%pp	71,1%	-2,4%pp	73,0%	-2,1%pp	59,3%	-0,2%pp