Lufthansa group to receive 272 aircraft at €38bn

The Lufthansa Group is set to achieve the biggest feat in its modernisation programme as it prepares to receive 272 aircraft at a list value of 38 billion euros.

Also, in 2015 alone, 17 aircraft will be delivered to the Group.

The group says the further reduction of specific fuel consumption is foreseeable through the investment in new, more efficient and low-noise aircraft. Lufthansa has now put the last of 19 Boeing 747-8 aircraft into service. The aircraft is 15 percent more fuel-efficient than its predecessor model B 747-400.

Meanwhile, the airlines in the Lufthansa Group have once again set a record for efficiency: In 2014, the planes of the passenger fleets only used an average of 3.84 litres of kerosene (2013: 3.91 l/100pkm) to carry a passenger 100 kilometres, which represents an improvement of 1.6 percent over the previous year.

As in previous years, the Group has thus met the demanding aerospace industry target of annual efficiency gains of 1.5 percent.

Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines or Germanwings – all airlines in the Lufthansa Group – have continued to improve their specific consumption values.

The cargo aircraft of Lufthansa Cargo were also more efficient than ever, with 0.183 litres/tonne kilometres – an improvement of 5.2 percent over 2013. In 2014, Group-wide efficiency in cargo transportation was increased by 0.8 percent.

In the reporting year 2014, the absolute fuel consumption in the Group increased slightly by 0.7 percent with an increase in transport capacity of 1.9 percent, so the trend towards the de-coupling of transport capacity and fuel consumption was also continued successfully.

The basis for further achievements in environmental performance is the four-pillar strategy established for climate protection, which combines different environmental measures.

In addition to numerous programmes for the more efficient use of the resource kerosene, the Group is also focusing on the research and use of alternative, low-CO2 fuels.

Sade Williams