Lufthansa confirms the outlook regardless of the uncertainties | EUROtoday

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The German airline Lufthansa confirms the expansion forecasts for the present yr with an working end result greater than that of final yr regardless of the business tensions, however is able to cut back the flexibility if the demand ought to endure some lower within the coming months. The fears of a recession and the repercussions that it might have on the demand for journey are alarming the airways. Lufthansa is the primary European airline to publish quarterly outcomes and follows the American ones that in the course of the business struggle between the USA and Europe have revised down the forecasts for the yr as a result of extreme uncertainty.

However, the service warns that “macroeconomic uncertainties, in particular commercial tensions between the United States, the European Union and other regions, make it difficult to make accurate predictions for the next quarters” stated the German flag firm in a press launch, confirming its progress predictions regardless of “visibility for the third quarter remains limited”.

The aerial group stated that the demand on the United States continues to develop. In March, the air group transported about 25% extra passengers from the United States to Europe than the earlier yr.

In the primary three months of 2025, Lufthansa suffered a web lack of 885 million euros in comparison with the pink of 734 million euros in the identical interval final yr (-21%) and an Ebit of 722 million euros according to the analysts’ forecasts. In the quarter, complete turnover risen by 10% to eight.127 billion euros with 24.3 million passengers transported.

The integration means of Ita Airways within the Lufthansa group accomplished final January 17 with the acquisition of 41% of the Italian service with a disbursement of 325 million euros continues: from March it’s doable to build up miles within the Miles & More program by flying with Ita, the passengers of each the businesses can entry the lounges of the 2 carriers and flights of Ita Airways are in code sharing in the direction of Munich and Frankfurt. Ita Airways, as an organization of the group, seems within the operational end result by participations which within the first quarter was adverse for 38 million euros from 13 million final yr, “this result includes the Joint Venture Sun Experss and for the first time the negative pro -installment result of the ITA Airways component”.