Company Portrait

The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with operations worldwide. It plays a leading role in its European home market. With 101,709 employees, the Lufthansa Group generated revenue of EUR 37,581m in the financial year 2024.

The Lufthansa Group consists of the business segments Passenger Airlines, Logistics, MRO and Additional Businesses. The Passenger Airlines business segment includes, on the one hand, the network airlines Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines. As part of a multi-hub strategy, they offer their passengers a broad range of flights from their hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels. Lufthansa Airlines also has close relationships with the regional airlines Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Air Dolomiti as well as Discover Airlines, the Lufthansa Group’s holiday airline. Edelweiss, the leading Swiss holiday airline, has a close relationship with SWISS.

Eurowings also belongs to the Passenger Airlines business segment. This airline provides a comprehensive range of point-to-point connections for short- and medium-haul destinations, in particular from German-speaking countries.

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Key figures

In 2024, the Group increased its revenue by six percent year on year to EUR 37.6 billion (previous year: EUR 35.4 billion), due to the higher flight offering. It was thus the year with the highest revenue in the history of the Lufthansa Group. The Group generated an operating profit (Adjusted EBIT) of EUR 1.6 billion (previous year: EUR 2.7 billion), with an operating margin of 4.4 percent (previous year: 7.6 percent).

The decline compared to the previous year is due to various effects, particularly in the first half of the year: strikes weighed on the Passenger Airlines with around EUR 450 million. The airlines also had to absorb a significant decline in average yields at the beginning of the summer due to the large industry-wide increase in capacity. Significantly higher costs, especially in Germany, also had a negative impact. Productivity in flight operations also suffered from further delays in aircraft deliveries. Also thanks to lower interest burdens compared to the previous year, the net profit fell less sharply than the operating result and reached EUR 1.4 billion (previous year: EUR 1.7 billion).

Key Figures


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Key figures 2024

101,709

Employees

235

Subsidiaries

37,581

Total revenue €m

2,392

Capital expenditure €m

Fleet

Lufthansa and regional partners

Eurowings

Discover Airlines

SWISS and Edelweiss Air

Austrian Airlines

Brussels Airlines

ITA Airways

Lufthansa Cargo

Alliances and Partner Airlines

Alliances are fundamental to Lufthansa‘s success. As a founding member of Star Alliance, Lufthansa offers innumerable advantages in the world‘s biggest global network. Its regional strategy under the Lufthansa Regional brand connects Europe‘s regions with one another and with the world beyond. Bilateral partnerships augment and enhance the services portfolio.

Star Alliance

The Star Alliance network is the leading global airline network. It was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer customers convenient worldwide reach and a smoother travel experience.

Joint Ventures

Lufthansa participates in two strategically and commercially important joint ventures: the A++ transatlantic joint venture with United Airlines and Air Canada, the J+ bilateral Europe/Japan joint venture with All Nippon Airways and the commercial joint venture with Singapore Airlines.

Compliance

Compliance describes all measures taken to ensure the correct conduct of companies, their management and staff with respect to statutory and the Company’s own obligations and prohibitions. The Lufthansa Group Compliance Program is intended to prevent staff and the Company from coming into conflict with the law and to help them apply statutory regulations correctly.

Compliance

Comprehensive programme helps to ensure compliance

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Code of Conduct

Responsible and lawful behaviour is a perquisite for the sustainable economic success of the Lufthansa Group.

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Whistleblowing System

Electronic Whistleblowing System of the Lufthansa Group

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