Romania profitable for Lufthansa

Flights between Germany and Romania are among Lufthansa’s most profitable flights in Europe. “There’s a series of factors contributing to this. First of all there is the very good load factor, then the proportion of the seats that make up the Economy and Business classes,” Stefan Lau, who has been running Lufthansa’s local operations since May, told Ziarul Financiar. One of the first decisions he made after starting in this position was to increase the number of daily Bucharest-Munich flights from two to three. “The Romanian air transport market will increase by 20% this year. We in our turn want to attain at least 20% growth. Under the circumstances, it was only natural that we would increase the number of daily flights, because Lufthansa’s flights in Romania saw an average 70% load factor last year, which is very good for a European destination,” Lau explained. ZF