2Nd Interim Report: January - June 2020
2Nd Interim Report: January - June 2020
2Nd Interim Report: January - June 2020
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Cash flow from operating activities €m 363 2,393 -85 -1,004 835
Adjusted EBITDA margin % -18.9 10.0 -28.9 pts -54.8 14.8 -69.6 pts
Adjusted EBIT margin % -34.8 2.4 -37.2 pts -88.6 7.9 -96.5 pts
EBIT margin % -41.6 2.4 -44.0 pts -97.5 7.9 -105.4 pts
Lufthansa share
Traffic figures1)
Passenger load factor % 72.2 80.9 -8.7 pts 56.0 83.3 -27.3 pts
Available cargo tonne-kilometres millions 5,495 8,553 -36 2,047 4,497 -54
Revenue cargo tonne-kilometres millions 3,603 5,262 -32 1,447 2,711 -47
Cargo load factor % 65.6 61.6 4.0 pts 70.7 60.3 10.4 pts
Employees
1)
Previous year's figures have been adjusted.
2)
Without acquisition of equity investments.
Date of publication: 6 August 2020.
Contents
4 Interim management report 26 Interim financials statements 44 Further information
4 Economic environment and sector 26 Consolidated income statement 44 Declaration by the
performance 27 Consolidated statement of compre- legal representatives
6 Course of business hensive income 45 Review report
6 Significant events 28 Consolidated balance sheet 46 Credits/Contact
8 Events after the reporting period 30 Consolidated statement of changes in Financial calendar 2020/2021
9 Financial performance shareholders‘ equity
14 Business segments 31 Consolidated cash flow statement
24 Opportunities and risk report 32 Notes
25 Forecast
3 TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Letter from the Executive Board
The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on the avi- fleet by 100 aircraft as a long-term measure and not to
ation industry unlike any seen before. Hardly any other resume flight operations by Germanwings. The measures
sector has been more affected by the impact of the global forming part of the second package adopted at the begin-
crisis, and almost no other sector will take longer to re- ning of July include a smaller Executive Board, a stream-
cover. lined administrative team and measures to reduce the
number of management positions. Efforts are also under
This is clearly reflected in the Lufthansa Group’s busi- way to turn the Lufthansa airline into an autonomous
ness. Revenue in the first half of 2020 was down by 52% company. Our top priority is repaying state loans and de-
year-on-year to EUR 8,335m. Adjusted EBIT, our leading posits as quickly as possible.
performance indicator, dropped from EUR 418m in the
previous year to EUR –2,899m. As a result, we expect to We have already reached an agreement with the cabin
report a significant loss in 2020. crew union UFO on an extensive crisis package for
Lufthansa’s employees that should allow us to cut our
In order to ensure that the Lufthansa Group remains sol- costs significantly. We are still involved in intensive dis-
vent, we have agreed on stabilisation measures and cussions with other labour union partners to ensure the
loans with the Economic Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Company’s viability going forward.
Republic of Germany worth a total of EUR 9bn. These
measures have been approved by both the extraordinary The market environment will remain challenging for years
general meeting and the European Commission. We to come. Travel restrictions still apply in a large number
have also agreed that the governments of Switzerland, of countries, particularly in our key long-haul markets.
Austria and Belgium will take over a portion of the state Nevertheless, demand is gradually starting to recover,
stabilisation measures for their national airlines. These especially for short-haul destinations and in the tourism
agreements have sustainably secured the Company’s li- segment. As a result, we are expanding our airline flight
quidity – and, as a result, its future viability. The full re- timetables on an ongoing basis. By the end of October,
payment of the state loans and deposits, including inter- we will be back to offering around 40% of last year’s ca-
est, will, however, put considerable pressure on the Com- pacity. This will see us fly to over 90% of the Group’s
pany in the years to come, especially as we predict that original short and medium-haul destinations and more
the market recovery will be a slow one. This means that than 70% of our long-haul destinations.
we will be cutting our costs significantly and in the long
run. We would be pleased if you would continue to accom-
pany us on this journey.
We have already adopted two packages as part of our re-
structuring programme: The first package, approved in
early April, involves our decision to reduce the size of our
Economic environment and — Asia/Pacific was the least affected global region in the
second quarter, with a decline in economic output of
sector performance 3.2% (full year 2019: growth of 4.2%).
SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS
Africa -57 -7
Source: IATA Air Passenger / Air Freight Market Analysis (June 2020).
— On 7 July 2020, the Executive Board of Deutsche may only be used for SWISS and Edelweiss; no divi-
Lufthansa AG approved a second package for the re- dend payments within the Group are permitted for the
structuring programme. ↗ Events after the reporting duration of the loan.
period, p. 8.
— On 8 June 2020, the Austrian federal government, the
Economic Stabilisation Fund, Swiss and Austrian Lufthansa Group and Austrian Airlines agreed on the
federal governments approve stabilisation packages basic structure of a coronavirus aid package of
— On 25 May 2020 the Economic Stabilisation Fund EUR 600m for Austrian Airlines.
(WSF) of the Federal Republic of Germany approved
the stabilisation package for Deutsche Lufthansa AG; — The Belgian government and the Lufthansa Group
the package provides for stabilisation measures and also reached a fundamental agreement on a stabilisa-
loans of up to EUR 9bn. tion package for Brussels Airlines. ↗ Events after the
reporting period, p. 8.
— The WSF subscribed to shares by means of a capital
increase and built up a 20% stake in the issued capital — The support provided by Switzerland, Austria and Bel-
of Deutsche Lufthansa AG ↗ Events after the reporting gium is subject to the final approval of the WSF and
period; in addition, the WSF will make silent participa- KfW and will be offset against the stabilisation pack-
tions of up to EUR 5.7bn in total in the assets of age for Deutsche Lufthansa AG. ↗ Further details on
Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Of this amount, approxi- the stabilisation measures: Notes, p. 32.
mately EUR 4.7bn is classified as equity in accord-
Lufthansa share now listed on the MDAX
ance with the provisions of the German Commercial
— Due to the share price losses resulting from the coro-
Code (HGB) and IFRS; finally, the stabilisation
navirus crisis and the corresponding decrease in the
measures are supplemented by a syndicated credit fa-
free float-adjusted market capitalisation, the Lufthansa
cility of up to EUR 3bn with the participation of KfW
share has no longer been listed on the DAX30 index
and private banks with a term of three years. It has
since 22 June 2020 and is now on the MDAX index in-
also been agreed that the governments of Switzerland,
stead.
Austria and Belgium will take over a portion of the
state support for their national airlines. ↗ Further Lufthansa and independent flight attendants’ union
details on the stabilisation measures: Notes, p. 32. UFO agree on crisis package
— On 24 June 2020, Lufthansa and the independent
— The expected conditions relate in particular to the
flight attendants’ union UFO agreed on a package of
waiver of future dividend payments and restrictions on
measures to overcome the economic effects of the cri-
management remuneration; in addition, the WSF may
sis; this will result in cost savings of more than half a
choose two members to run for the Supervisory Board
billion euros by the end of 2023.
based on proposals from Deutsche Lufthansa AG, one
of whom is to become a member of the Audit Commit- — The package of measures includes the suspension of
tee; except in the event of a takeover, the WSF under- pay increases, a reduction in flight hours with a corre-
takes not to exercise its voting rights at the Annual sponding decrease in pay, and a temporary reduction
General Meeting in connection with the usual resolu- in contributions to Company pension plans.
tions of ordinary Annual General Meetings.
— Furthermore, both parties agreed on a package of vol-
— The commitments made by Germany to the European untary measures and severance programmes; these
Commission oblige the Group to station up to four air- include unpaid leave, voluntary measures to reduce
craft for one competitor at its Frankfurt and Munich air- working hours further and assisted early retirement.
ports, and to transfer the competitor at each airport up
to 24 take-off and landing rights (slots) – meaning — This crisis package means that the Company can now
three take-off and three landing rights per aircraft per avoid terminating the contracts of the 22,000 cabin
day. crew of Deutsche Lufthansa AG for operational rea-
sons for the duration of the crisis; the agreements
— On 25 June 2020, the shareholders of Deutsche must still be approved by the members of UFO.
Lufthansa AG accepted the capital measures and the
participation of the WSF in Deutsche Lufthansa AG at Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines forge agree-
an extraordinary general meeting; on the same day, ments with employees to overcome crisis
the European Commission approved the stabilisation — On 21 and 22 May 2020, Austrian Airlines reached
package; the Executive Board therefore considers the agreements with flight and ground staff to help deal
Group’s existence to be secured for the next twelve with the crisis; these are expected to deliver annual
months on the basis of its current corporate planning. savings of EUR 80m.
— As early as 29 April 2020, the Swiss federal govern- — On 26 June 2020, Brussels Airlines also reached an
ment had promised guaranteed loans of CHF 1.5bn agreement with its labour union partners for flight
(approx. EUR 1.4bn) for SWISS and Edelweiss, the crews and ground employees to implement structural
two Swiss airlines in the Lufthansa Group; the funding measures.
8 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Course of business, Significant events, Events after the reporting period
Lufthansa Group increases capacities again — The comprehensive restructuring programme, entitled
— Due to significant changes in booking demands from “ReNew”, will run until December 2023 and is headed
its passengers, on 29 June 2020 the airlines of the by Dr Detlef Kayser, the Executive Board member in
Lufthansa Group switched from short-term to more charge of Airline Resources & Operations Standards;
long-term flight planning up to the end of October 2020 it also includes existing restructuring programmes at
and updated their booking systems accordingly. the Group’s airlines and service companies.
— This means that the airlines will be operating at around — Following the reduction in the size of the Executive
40% of the previous year’s capacity by the end of Oc- Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the executive and
tober; this will involve the use of more than 380 aircraft management boards of the Group’s subsidiaries are to
by then, meaning that half the Lufthansa Group’s fleet decrease in size compared with 2019; the number of
will be airborne once again. managerial positions is to be reduced by 20% across
the Group; the administration at Deutsche Lufthansa
— The Group is expecting to fly to over 90% of its original AG is to be scaled down by 1,000 positions.
short and medium-haul destinations and more than
70% of its long-haul destinations by the end of Octo- — The government loans and deposits are to be repaid
ber. as quickly as possible to avoid an increase in the re-
sulting interest expenses.
Events after the reporting period — Efforts are under way to turn Lufthansa German Air-
lines into an autonomous company.
Rating agencies downgrade rating for Lufthansa
Group — The number of sub-fleets is being reduced, as
— On 1 July 2020 and 2 July 2020 respectively, the rat- planned, and flight operations are being pooled – in-
ing agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s lowered cluding long and short-haul services for leisure travel
the credit rating of the Lufthansa Group from BB+ to at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs; at Lufthansa Ger-
BB and from Ba1 to Ba2 as a result of the spread of man Airlines alone, 22 aircraft have already been re-
the coronavirus and its wider impact. On 14 July 2020, tired early, including six Airbus A380s, eleven A320s
Scope Ratings confirmed its BBB- rating; Scope Rat- and five Boeing 747-400s.
ings thus continues to rate the Lufthansa Group within
— The financial planning up to 2023 specifies that a max-
the investment grade range.
imum of 80 new aircraft will be added to the Lufthansa
WSF builds up 20% stake in issued capital Group’s fleets; due to the postponement of planned
— As part of the stabilisation measures, on 2 July 2020 deliveries, capital expenditure on new aircraft will be
the WSF subscribed to shares by way of a capital in- halved in this period.
crease and built up a 20% stake in the issued capital
European Commission approves aid package for
of Deutsche Lufthansa AG; the subscription price was
Austrian Airlines
EUR 2.56 per share, resulting in a cash contribution of
— On 7 July 2020, the European Commission signed off
around EUR 0.3bn.
on the coronavirus package negotiated between the
First payments from the stabilisation package have Austrian federal government, the Lufthansa Group and
been made Austrian Airlines for EUR 600m.
— Deutsche Lufthansa AG has received a total of
— As part of the package, Deutsche Lufthansa AG pro-
EUR 2.3bn so far from the stabilisation package; on 2
vided Austrian Airlines with EUR 150m in equity after
July 2020, the WSF paid EUR 0.3bn through the capi-
this approval was granted.
tal increase. On 3 July 2020, a further EUR 1.0bn
came from the first tranche of the KfW facility, followed Agreement reached on stabilisation package for
by another EUR 1.0bn on 9 July 2020 as a silent par- Brussels Airlines
ticipation II from the WSF. — The Belgian government and the Lufthansa Group
reached a fundamental agreement on a loan of
— The LSG group and the LHT group also received total
EUR 290m to Brussels Airlines from the Belgian gov-
payments of USD 170m up to 4 August 2020 in the
ernment; this is to be supplemented by an equity pay-
USA under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic
ment of EUR 170m from Deutsche Lufthansa AG; this
Security Act (“CARES Act”).
will enable Brussels Airlines to implement its turna-
Lufthansa Group decides on second package for re- round programme aimed at securing the carrier’s long-
structuring programme term profitability; the contracts remain to be finalised;
— On 7 July 2020, the Executive Board of Deutsche the measures are also subject to the approval of the
Lufthansa AG approved a second package for the re- WSF and the European Commission.
structuring programme in response to the coronavirus
crisis.
9 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Financial performance
— Traffic for the Lufthansa Group Airlines fell significantly Total operating income 9,287 18,492 -50
as a result of the coronavirus pandemic; sales (reve- Cost of materials and services¹ )
5,127 9,631 -47
nue passenger-kilometres) were down year-on-year by
of which fuel 1,321 3,225 -59
65%, capacity (available passenger-kilometres) was
of which other raw materials, con-
cut by 61%, and the passenger load factor fell by 8.7 sumables and supplies and pur-
chased goods 1,277 1,996 -36
percentage points to 72.2%.
of which fees and charges 1,049 2,219 -53
of which external
— The Lufthansa Group’s cargo business is particularly services MRO 671 978 -31
affected by the loss of belly capacities on passenger Staff costs 3,612 4,518 -20
aircraft; to compensate for this, passenger aircraft
Depreciation 1,321 1,318 0
were refitted and used to transport cargo; capacity
Other operating expenses 2,009 2,695 -25
(available cargo tonne-kilometres) was down by 36%,
sales (revenue cargo tonne-kilometres) fell by 32% Total operating expenses 12,069 18,162 -34
and the cargo load factor of 65.6% was 4.0 percent- Result from equity
age points higher than last year. investments -117 88
Profit/loss before
income taxes -4,419 112
Profit/loss after
income taxes -3,627 -101 -3,491
Profit/loss attributable
to minority interests 10 -15
o Expenses for fees and charges declined year-on- — Net interest rose by 29% to EUR –162m (previous
year by 53% to EUR 1,049m, particularly due to vol- year: EUR –228m), primarily due to non-recurring ex-
umes. penses for interest on audit results in the previous
year.
o Expenses for external MRO services of EUR 671m
were 31% down on the year; reduced flight opera- — Other financial items declined to EUR –789m (previ-
tions only had a delayed impact on MRO expenses. ous year: EUR –77m), particularly as a result of the
negative development of the market value of fuel
— Staff costs fell by 20% to EUR 3,612m (previous year: hedges which are recognised in the financial result
EUR 4,518m), primarily as a result of short-time work- due to the need to discontinue hedging relationships.
ing, the lower profit-share payment compared with the
previous year and a 3% decrease in the average num- — The relief from income taxes in the amount of
ber of employees. EUR 792m related to the recognition of deferred taxes
for negative earnings in the first half-year of 2020 (pre-
— Depreciation and amortisation of EUR 1,321m was at vious year: tax income of EUR 213m); the tax ratio
the same level as in the previous year (previous year: was just 17.9% due to deferred taxes not being recog-
EUR 1,318m). nised for companies with a history of losses.
— Other operating expenses dropped by 25% to — The net loss for the Lufthansa Group fell as a result to
EUR 2,009m (previous year: EUR 2,695m), mainly EUR –3,617m (previous year: EUR –116m).
due to a decline in costs directly linked to business ac-
tivities such as travel and selling expenses; by con- — Earnings per share amounted to EUR -7.56 (previous
trast, impairment losses on receivables went up. year: EUR -0.24).
RECONCILIATION OF RESULTS
Changes in invertories and work performed by entity and capitalised 158 – 319 –
of which write-ups on capital assets and assets held for sale – -1 – -25
result, they had no impact on the statement of financial securities, resulting from net borrowing and cash in-
position or cash flow in the first half-year of 2020. flows recognised directly in equity.
Liquidity up on the previous year’s level — Assets held for sale of EUR 384m included EUR 321m
— Liquidity (total of cash and current securities) rose in the disposal group for the European catering com-
year-on-year by 7% to EUR 3,659m, especially due to panies.
measures to increase liquidity (previous year:
EUR 3,406m); EUR 2,828m of the total was available — Non-current provisions and liabilities were up by 5% to
centrally as of the reporting date; the strategic liquidity EUR 17,268m (31 December 2019: EUR 16,417m),
of EUR 2.1bn which had been invested in a special due particularly to the increase in pension liabilities.
fund was released and added to operating liquidity to
— Pension liabilities rose by 11% to EUR 7,422m (31 De-
make it available immediately.
cember 2019: EUR 6,659m), mainly because of the
steep fall in the market values of plan assets, which
was only partly offset by the rise of 0.1 percentage
points in the interest rate used to discount the pension
obligations to 1.5%.
Lufthansa German Airlines including regional airlines (LH), SWISS including Edelweiss (LX), Austrian Airlines (OS), Brussels Airlines (SN), Eurowings including
Germanwings (EW) and Lufthansa Cargo (LCAG) as of 30 June 2020
Airbus A220 29 29
Airbus A321 68 9 6 5 88 2 3
1)
Airbus A330 26 16 10 52 10 -1 -1
Airbus A340 34 9 43
Airbus A350 16 16 1 2
Airbus A380 14 14
Boeing 747 32 32
Boeing 767 6 6
Boeing 777 12 6 18 2 2
Boeing 777F 11 2) 11 4 1
Boeing MD-11F 6 6 -2 -6
Bombardier CRJ 35 35
Bombardier Q Series 14 15 3) 29 15 -1 -5
Embraer 26 17 43
1)
Partly operated by Brussels Airlines (SN) and SunExpress.
2)
Of which pro rata shares of two aircraft operated by AeroLogic.
3)
Operated by Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter.
14 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
Business segments
— The structure of the business segments was changed — The line maintenance business of Lufthansa Technik
at the start of financial year 2020. was transferred to Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which will
carry out the work itself from this point on, and is now
— Brussels Airlines, Germanwings and the Eurowings part of the Network Airlines business segment.
long-haul business have since been managed by the
Network Airlines group and have therefore been allo- — The figures for the previous year have been adjusted
cated to the Network Airlines business segment. accordingly.
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Adjusted EBIT margin¹) % -53.3 4.1 -57.4 pts -306.2 10.8 -317.0 pts
Segment capital
expenditure¹) €m 664 1,520 -56 66 534 -88
)
Employees as of 30.06¹ number 59,953 60,472 -1 – –
Availabel
seat-kilometres¹) millions 63,173 159,167 -60 3,869 86,338 -96
Revenue
seat-kilometres¹) millions 45,230 128,832 -65 1,899 71,898 -97
Passenger
load factor¹) % 71.6 80.9 -9.3 pts 49.1 83.3 -34.2 pts
— Network Airlines has reduced its flight capacity signifi- have been and continue to be reviewed to ensure eve-
cantly due to the coronavirus crisis and temporarily re- ryone’s safety; a key aspect of the hygiene concept is
tired a large part of its fleet. the mandatory wearing of face masks throughout the
flight, from boarding to disembarking.
— Other steps to safeguard liquidity include HR
measures such as short-time working and a hiring — In order to provide their customers with the greatest
freeze, as well as reductions in operating costs. flexibility during the coronavirus crisis, Network Air-
lines continues to offer numerous rebooking options; in
— Since June, flight services have been gradually in- addition, refunds for flights that have been cancelled
creasing again; at the end of the first half-year of 2020, due to the coronavirus crisis are to be paid to custom-
9% of the previous year’s capacity was available, and ers more promptly.
this figure is to increase to around 40% by the end of
October. — Network Airlines also guarantees its passengers that
they will have a return flight on all European routes, ir-
— The health and safety of its passengers and employ- respective of the fare booked, thereby providing addi-
ees has the highest priority for Network Airlines; this tional security.
means that all processes throughout the travel chain
15 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
OPERATING FIGURES
Exchange- Exchange-
rate ad- rate ad-
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change justed Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change justed
2020 2019 1) in % change in % 2020 2019 1) in % change in %
Yields € Cent 7.6 7.8 -3.5 -5.0 10.6 8.0 32.7 33.7
Unit revenue (RASK) € Cent 7.5 7.6 -1.6 -3.7 15.5 8.0 95.2 87.5
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Jan - Jun
2020 Change 2020 Change 2020 Change 2020 Change 2020 Change
in
in €m in % thousands in % in millions in % in millions in % in % in pts
Europe 1,319 -67 14,409 -66 18,269 -61 11,831 -67 64,8 -10,9 pts
America 1,146 -66 2,259 -65 23,673 -60 17,598 -65 74,3 -9,6 pts
Asia/Pacific 552 -70 1,195 -67 13,082 -63 9,724 -67 74,3 -9,6 pts
Middle East/
Africa 402 -57 1,357 -61 8,149 -55 6,077 -58 74,6 -4,5 pts
Total 3,858 -65 19,220 -66 63,173 -60 45,230 -65 71.6 -9,3 pts
— Traffic at Network Airlines was down as a result of the — Constant currency unit costs rose by 67.8%, without
coronavirus outbreak; sales fell by 65%, both capacity expenses for fuel and emissions trading; the signifi-
and the number of flights were reduced by 60%, and cant reduction in capacity was not matched in full by
the passenger load factor contracted by 9.3 percent- corresponding cuts in costs.
age points to 71.6%.
— Adjusted EBIT fell to EUR –2,416m accordingly (previ-
— Lower traffic meant that traffic revenue at the Network ous year: EUR 488m); EBIT came to EUR –2,686m
Airlines fell year-on-year by 65% to EUR 3,858m and (previous year: EUR 487m), the difference compared
revenue of EUR 4,531m was 62% down on the year. with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs
on the fleet of EUR 268m.
— Constant currency unit revenues fell by 3.7% due to
the lower load factor in all traffic regions. — Segment capital expenditure was reduced by 56% to
EUR 664m.
— Operating expenses saw a volume-related decline of
38% to EUR 7,377m due to lower expenses for fuel,
fees and charges, and staff.
16 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
1)
Including Edelweiss Air.
¹) Including regional partners. 2)
Previous year's figures have been adjusted.
²) Previous year's figures have been adjusted.
Operating expenses¹) €m 598 1,065 -44 Operating expenses €m 463 757 -39
Adjusted EBIT €m -235 -53 -343 Adjusted EBIT €m -182 -36 -406
Employees as of 31.03. number 6,756 6,999 -3 Employees as of 31.03. number 3,729 3,857 -3
Flights number 23,635 66,419 -64 Flights number 14,114 39,267 -64
Passengers¹) thousands 1,986 6,711 -70 Passengers thousands 1,590 4,855 -67
Passenger load factor % 68.1 78.1 -10.0 pts Passenger load factor % 72.4 79.8 -7.4 pts
1)
Previous year's figures have been adjusted.
— Revenue at Austrian Airlines fell by 67% to EUR 322m — Revenue at Brussels Airlines fell by 63% to EUR 252m
as a result of the coronavirus; operating income was due to the coronavirus crisis; operating income of
down by 64% to EUR 363m. EUR 281m was 61% down on the year.
— Operating expenses of EUR 598m were 44% down — Operating expenses decreased by 39% to EUR 463m,
year-on-year, largely due to the volume-related decline primarily due to the volume-related decline in the cost
in expenses for fuel, fees and charges and lower staff of materials and services; this more than offset the
costs. provisions of EUR 47m that were recognised for re-
structuring measures.
— Adjusted EBIT fell to EUR –235m accordingly (previ-
ous year: EUR –53m); EBIT decreased to EUR –299m — Adjusted EBIT fell to EUR –182m accordingly (previ-
(previous year: EUR –55m), the difference compared ous year: EUR –36m); EBIT decreased to EUR –211m
with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs (previous year: EUR –36m), the difference compared
on the fleet of EUR 59m in the first quarter of 2020. with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs
of EUR 29m on right-of-use assets consisting of two
Airbus A330-200s and eight Airbus A319s.
18 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Segment capital
expenditures¹) €m 50 34 47 7 21 -67
— In response to the spread of the coronavirus, Eurow- precautionary measures along the entire travel chain
ings temporarily cut its flight programme to around to protect public health; this includes comprehensive
10% of its existing capacities; since June 2020, Eu- new hygiene standards for passengers, from the air-
rowings has been significantly expanding its flight pro- port to their arrival at their destination; like other air-
gramme for both business travellers and holidaymak- lines in the Lufthansa Group, Eurowings has made it
ers; its capacities are to increase to around 55% by mandatory to wear face masks while on board.
the end of October.
— In addition, Eurowings has introduced more flexible
— Measures to deal with the effects of the coronavirus and customer-friendly rebooking options; in doing so,
crisis include decreasing the number of aircraft, reduc- Eurowings is catering to the desire of many customers
tions in staff costs, particularly by means of short-time to make their travel plans more flexible under the ex-
working, savings on operating and project costs and traordinary circumstances created by the spread of the
other measures to safeguard liquidity. coronavirus.
— In addition, Eurowings is to accelerate the implemen- — As of 1 March 2020, Jens Bischof took over as Chair-
tation of its pre-crisis plan to combine flight operations man of the Executive Board of Eurowings, thereby
into a single unit; for example, the flight operations of succeeding Thorsten Dirks as CEO of Eurowings;
Germanwings and SunExpress Deutschland have al- Jens Bischof was previously CEO of SunExpress.
ready been discontinued.
OPERATING FIGURES
Exchange- Währungs-
rate adjusted bereinigte
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Veränderung Veränderung
2020 2019 1) in % in % 2020 2019 1) in % in %
Yields € Cent 7.1 7.6 -7.6 -7.5 4.8 7.7 -38.4 -38.4
Unit revenue (RASK) € Cent 7.9 7.1 10.1 6.2 16.3 7.5 116.1 77.8
— Eurowings’ traffic fell as a result of the coronavirus — Constant currency unit costs, without fuel and emis-
outbreak; capacity and sales were both down by 65%, sions trading expenses, rose by 76.9%, driven by the
the number of flights was cut by 64%; the passenger significant capacity reduction which was only partly
load factor decreased by 1.1 percentage points to matched by corresponding cost savings.
78.9%.
— Adjusted EBIT fell to EUR –358m (previous year:
— Lower traffic meant that traffic revenue fell year-on- EUR –188m); EBIT decreased to EUR –432m (previ-
year by 66% to EUR 361m and revenue of EUR 377m ous year: EUR –188m), the difference compared with
was 64% down on the year. Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs of
EUR 57m on goodwill and of EUR 15m on right-of-use
— Constant currency unit revenues rose by 6.2% as a re- assets for 15 Dash400-8s which are no longer planned
sult of optimising the network. to resume flight operations.
— Operating expenses saw a decline of 42% to — Segment capital expenditure rose by 47% to EUR 50m
EUR 746m, primarily due to lower expenses for fees as a result of the increase in expenses for engine
and charges, external MRO services and fuel; this off- overhaul events.
set one-off expenses from the insolvency of the wet
lease partner LGW in the amount of EUR 24m.
20 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Adjusted
EBIT margin % 21.0 1.2 19.8 pts 39.0 -1.4 40.4 pts
Segment capital
expenditure €m 89 169 -47 14 34 -59
Available cargo
tonne-kilometres¹) millions 4,770 7,147 -33 1,913 3,790 -50
Revenue cargo
tonne-kilometres¹) millions 3,130 4,379 -29 1,325 2,270 -42
Cargo load factor¹) % 65.6 61.2 4.4 pts 69.3 59.9 9.4 pts
1)
Previous year's figures have been adjusted.
— Traffic in the Logistics segment decreased significantly across all traffic regions. Revenue increased by 7% to
as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, particularly EUR 1,320m.
due to the loss of belly capacities on passenger air-
craft. — Operating expenses fell by 15% to EUR 1,089m, due
to a volume and price-related decline in fuel expenses,
— Demand for the remaining cargo capacities went up lower belly expenses paid to Group companies and
during the first half-year of 2020, with the transporta- decreased expenses for handling services; additional
tion of personal protective equipment in particular be- staff and operating costs were also reduced as a result
ing in strong demand; to cope with the increased de- of the cost-cutting programme ProFlex launched in
mand and to compensate for the loss of belly capaci- 2019.
ties, passenger aircraft were refitted and used to carry
freight. — Adjusted EBIT increased to EUR 277m accordingly
(previous year: EUR 15m); EBIT rose to EUR 258m
— Capacity fell by 33% overall, sales by 29%, and the (previous year: EUR 9m), the difference compared
cargo load factor of 65.6% was 4.4 percentage points with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs
up on the previous year. of EUR 19m on two MD11 freighters.
— As yields were higher, traffic revenue in the first half- — Segment capital expenditure fell by 47% to EUR 89m.
year of 2020 rose by 5% year-on-year to EUR 1,219m
Middle East/Africa 63 -42 314 -53 174 -50 55.6 3,1 pts
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Adjusted EBIT margin¹) % -5.4 7.2 -12.6 pts -18.3 7.0 -25.3 pts
Segment capital
expenditures¹) €m 71 161 -56 22 83 -73
)
Employees as of 30.06¹ number 23,927 22,766 5 – –
— The coronavirus crisis is continuing to hurt perfor- decline was partly offset by positive exchange rate ef-
mance in the MRO business; flight hours planned but fects; total revenue of EUR 2,464m was 26% lower
not carried out and growing pressure on airlines are in- than last year.
creasingly having an impact on Lufthansa Technik.
— Operating expenses went down by 19% to
— Lufthansa Technik obtained exemptions from the Ger- EUR 2,554m; a decrease in the cost of materials and
man Federal Aviation Office to convert four of services and staff costs offset write-downs on receiva-
Lufthansa German Airlines’ passenger aircraft into bles.
freighters to transport medical equipment; in addition,
a large number of projects are being implemented to — Adjusted EBIT fell accordingly to EUR –122m (previ-
convert various aircraft types from passenger aircraft ous year: EUR 235m); EBIT decreased to EUR –193m
into freighters. (previous year: EUR 235m), the difference compared
with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs
— Measures taken to deal with the coronavirus crisis in- of EUR 62m on joint venture investments.
clude HR measures such as the introduction of short-
time working and the postponement of capital expendi- — Segment capital expenditure was reduced by 56% to
ture projects. EUR 71m.
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Adjusted EBIT margin % -24.0 2.0 -26.0 pts -90.9 3.6 -94.5 pts
Segment capital
expenditure €m 21 45 -53 9 28 -68
)
Employees as of 30.06¹ number 28,130 36,227 -22 – –
— The ongoing coronavirus crisis and the almost total — As a result of the drastic effects of the coronavirus cri-
grounding of global air traffic are having a significant sis, the Executive Board of LSG took the decision to
impact on the LSG group’s worldwide business; close the production facility in Bor, Czech Republic;
measures adopted at short notice to limit the financial the construction of a new regional production centre
impact include project and hiring freezes, short-time has been halted until further notice.
working and temporary plant closures.
— Jochen Müller resigned his post as Chief Operating
— As part of a project for the future, the LSG group plans Officer of the LSG group as of 30 June 2020; as a re-
to lead the company through the coronavirus crisis sult, the Executive Board of the LSG group decreased
while also sustainably enhancing LSG’s business in size from three members to two as of 1 July 2020.
strategy; the aim of the project is to optimise the com-
pany in the medium term with regard to both its admin- — The LSG group’s revenue fell year-on-year by 50% to
istrative structure and its network structure based on EUR 814m as a result of the sharp decline in passen-
the lower passenger and service volumes while also ger numbers at the LSG group’s global customers due
adapting its range of services to the changed market to the coronavirus crisis; total revenue was down by
situation for the long term; in the medium term, overall 49% to EUR 847m.
costs are to be cut by at least 30%.
— Operating expenses of EUR 1,029m were 37% down
— The European Commission approved the sale of the on the year; extensive cost-cutting measures were
LSG group’s European business subject to conditions only able to partly offset the dramatic decrease in rev-
on 3 April 2020; gategroup, the buyer, must sell its ex- enue.
isting operations at some airports before closing can
— Adjusted EBIT fell to EUR –195m accordingly (previ-
take place; due to the dramatic impact of the corona-
ous year: EUR 33m); EBIT decreased to EUR –306m
virus pandemic on the global tourism and airline indus-
(previous year: EUR 33m), the difference compared
try, discussions are currently taking place regarding a
with Adjusted EBIT was essentially due to write-downs
potential adjustment to the commercial conditions of
of EUR 100m on the goodwill of LSG North America.
the transaction; the planned sales process for the LSG
group’s international activities remains on hold in view — Segment capital expenditure fell by 53% to EUR 21m.
of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the
global tourism and airline industry.
23 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Business segments
KEY FIGURES
Jan - Jun Jan - Jun Change Apr - Jun Apr - Jun Change
2020 2019 in % 2020 2019 in %
Segment capital
expenditures €m 32 30 7 21 13 62
)
Employees as of 30.06¹ number 9,675 10,009 -3 – –
— Total operating income for Additional Businesses and — Adjusted EBIT improved to EUR –122m accordingly
Group Functions fell year-on-year by 9% to (previous year: EUR –135m); the decline in earnings
EUR 1,169m, particularly due to exchange rate move- at AirPlus and Lufthansa Aviation Training was offset
ments. by cost reductions in Group Functions; EBIT fell to
EUR –129m (previous year: EUR –126m), the differ-
— Operating expenses of EUR 1,288m were 10% down ence compared with Adjusted EBIT was essentially
on the year. due to past service expenses for pension commit-
ments to employees in Group Functions.
24 INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Opportunities and risk report
Sector outlook
Forecast — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) pro-
jects that global revenue passenger-kilometres will fall
Macroeconomic outlook by 63% in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus
— Global Insight predicts that global economic growth crisis; last year saw growth of 4%.
will drop by 5.5% in 2020 as a result of the corona-
virus; growth of 2.6% was achieved last year. — For the freight sector, IATA expects global revenue
tonne-kilometres to drop by 17%; the decline in the
GDP DEVELOPMENT in 2020 1) previous year was 3%.
in % 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 — All in all, IATA predicts that the global airline industry
World -5.5 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.2 will make a loss of USD 84bn in the 2020 financial
Europe -8.5 4.2 3.3 2.1 1.7
year; the previous year saw a profit of USD 26bn.
Germany -6.0 3.9 3.6 2.0 1.3
Outlook for the Lufthansa Group
North America -6.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 — The stabilisation measures agreed with the WSF will
South America -9.5 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.5 secure the Company’s continued existence.
Asia/Pacific -2.1 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.4
— There is still considerable uncertainty surrounding the
China 0.5 7.8 5.7 5.5 5.3
development of the coronavirus crisis, particularly with
Middle East -10.2 5.8 2.5 3.3 2.8
regard to how travel restrictions will develop, espe-
Africa -4.4 0.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 cially in key long-haul markets, and in respect of cus-
tomer demand; both factors will depend on how the
Source: Global Insight World Overview per 15 July 2020.
1)
pandemic unfolds at global level and on customer trust
Forecast.
in the safety of travel; as a result, it is still not possible
to give a detailed financial forecast for 2020.
— Futures rates suggest that oil prices will increase — In this respect, the forecast in the Annual Report 2019
slightly in the second half of 2020 from their level at of a significant decline in Group revenue and Adjusted
the end of June 2020, in addition to the impact of the EBIT in financial year 2020 continues to apply.
global recession, oil prices are also affected by geopo-
litical developments, so volatile kerosene prices — Only the Logistics segment is expected to deviate from
should therefore also be expected for the remainder of the performance of the Group as a whole; significantly
the year 2020. higher yields compared with last year due to the lack
of freight capacities on passenger aircraft mean that
— Currency developments up to the end of the year will the segment will probably report a higher Adjusted
be determined by how the economic crisis triggered by EBIT margin than in the previous year.
the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold; a re-
newed escalation of the crisis could result in “safe ha- — Specific CO2 emissions per 100 passenger-kilometres
ven currencies” like the US dollar, Japanese yen and are expected to increase year-on-year due to the drop
Chinese renminbi continuing to gain ground; differ- in the passenger load factor and the increasing share
ences in fiscal and monetary policy measures in the of European traffic compared to total traffic.
individual currency areas could also result in exchange
— Further details can be found in the Annual Report
rate movements; the consensus among analysts is
2019 starting on p. 106.
that the US dollar will be slightly weaker at the end of
the year.
26 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Consolidated income statement
Changes in inventories and work performed by entity and capitalised 158 319 13 168
)
Other operating income² 797 795 353 418
Result of equity investments accounted for using the equity method -184 51 -149 55
Interest income 33 35 -3 23
Subsequent measurement of hedges - cash flow hedge reserve -280 506 75 -162
Other comprehensive income from investments accounted for using the eq-
uity method 2 2 1 1
Income taxes on items in other comprehensive income -50 334 144 171
-726 -461 -200 -294
Other comprehensive income after income taxes -929 206 -265 -347
)
Intangable assets with an indefinite useful life¹ 1,242 1,395 1,385
Investments accounted for using the the equity method 506 672 659
Non-current securities 54 53 31
¹) Including Goodwill.
29 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Consolidated statement of financial position
Contract liabilities 23 25 22
Reva-
Fair luation Equity
value reserve attrib-
meas- (due to utable
ure- busi- to share-
ment of Cur- ness Othe Total Retai- holders of Total
financial rency com- neutral other ned Net Deutsche sharehol-
Issued Capital instru- differ- bina- reser- neutral earni- profit/ Lufthansa Minority ders'
in €m capital reserve ments ences tions) ves reserves ngs loss AG interests equity
As of 01.01.2019 1,217 343 237 388 236 324 1,185 4,588 2,163 9,496 110 9,606
Capital increases /
reductions – – – – – – – – – – – –
Dividends to Lufthansa
shareholders/
minority interests – – – – – – – – -380 -380 -24 -404
As of 30.06.2019 1,217 343 701 432 236 339 1,708 5,914 -116 9,066 100 9,166
As of 01.01.2020 1,224 378 624 503 236 352 1,715 5,617 1,213 10,147 109 10,256
Capital increases /
reductions – – – – – – – – – – – –
Dividends to Lufthansa
shareholders/
minority interests – – – – – – – – – – -17 -17
As of 30.06.2020 1,224 378 413 530 236 352 1,531 6,108 -3,617 5,624 78 5,702
31 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Consolidated cash flow statement
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period¹) 1,431 1,434 1,853 1,240
Change in other assets/shareholders' equity and liabilities 669 -122 770 -263
Capital expenditure for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets -883 -1,888 -120 -659
Interest invome 47 38 3 23
Net cash from/used in investing and cash management activities -1,083 -2,700 936 -1,078
Capital increase - - - -
Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents -186 -434 -610 -234
Less cash and cash equivalents of companies held for sale as of 30 Jun 26 - 26 -
¹) Amount as of 01/01/2020 (04/01/2020) includes EUR 16 (26)m, which were included in assets held for sale as of 12/31/2019 (03/31/2020).
²) The difference between the bank balance and cash-in-hand shown in the statement of financial position comes from fixed-term deposits of EUR 0m with
terms of four to twelve months (previous year: EUR 2m).
32 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
1 Applied standards, changes in the group of con- and Munich hub airports and pursuit of a sustainable cor-
solidated companies and accounting principles porate policy. The credit facility arrangement resulted in
the banking consortium being furnished with collateral in
The consolidated financial statements of Deutsche the form of stakes in a number of aircraft holding entities.
Lufthansa AG and its subsidiaries have been prepared in Subject to the full repayment of the silent participations
accordance with the International Financial Reporting by the Company and a minimum sale price of EUR 2.56
Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting per share plus an annual interest of 12%, the WSF un-
Standards Board (IASB), as applicable in the European dertakes to sell its shareholding in full at the market price
Union (EU), taking account of interpretations by the IFRS by 31 December 2023.
Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). This interim report as
The Swiss federal government had promised guaranteed
of 30 June 2020 has been prepared in condensed form in
credit lines of CHF 1.5bn (approx. EUR 1.4bn) for SWISS
accordance with IAS 34.
and Edelweiss, the two Swiss airlines in the Lufthansa
In preparing the interim financial statements, the stand- Group, as early as 29 April 2020; the facility is granted at
ards and interpretations applicable as of 1 January 2020 normal market conditions by a consortium of Swiss banks
have been applied. The interim financial statements as of and has a term of five years with two one-year extension
30 June 2020 have been prepared using the same ac- options; it is 85% guaranteed by the Swiss federal gov-
counting policies as those on which the preceding con- ernment and is secured by shares in SWISS and Edel-
solidated financial statements as of 31 December 2019 weiss held by Deutsche Lufthansa AG; the funding may
were based. The standards and interpretations manda- only be used for SWISS and Edelweiss; no dividend pay-
tory from 1 January 2020 onwards had no effects on the ments within the Group are permitted for the duration of
Group’s net assets, financial and earnings position and the credit facility. The credit line still has to be approved
no restatements resulting from new standards were nec- by the Economic Stabilisation Fund and KfW.
essary.
In addition, the Austrian federal government, Lufthansa
Based on the Federal Republic of Germany’s Economic and Austrian Airlines reached an agreement on 8 June
Stabilisation Fund’s approval of the stabilisation package 2020 on the key aspects of a coronavirus aid package
for Deutsche Lufthansa AG on 25 May 2020, the ap- worth EUR 600m for Austrian Airlines. As of 30 June
proval granted by the shareholders of Deutsche 2020, approval by the European Commission was still
Lufthansa AG at the extraordinary general meeting held pending. The measures provide for equity capital of EUR
on 25 June 2020 regarding the capital measures agreed 300m to be injected into Austrian Airlines, an amount to
with the Economic Stabilisation Fund, and the conclusion be split 50/50 by Lufthansa and the Austrian government,
of the corresponding agreements with the Economic Sta- as well as debt financing of EUR 300m. Lufthansa’s con-
bilisation Fund on 29 June 2020 and with KfW on 1 July tribution of EUR 150m will be made by way of a share-
2020, the Executive Board considers the Group’s liquidity holder contribution made by Lufthansa to Austrian Air-
to be secured for the next twelve months on the basis of lines via the existing holding structure. The contribution
its current corporate planning. These interim financial made by the Austrian government, also amounting to
statements have therefore been prepared on a going EUR 150m, will be structured as a subordinated loan. A
concern assumption. declaration stating that the loan does not need to be re-
paid is expected to be issued later on in the year once
The support package has a total volume of up to EUR the airline has demonstrated the definitive amount of
9bn and comprises a 20% equity investment of EUR damage suffered. The contribution is subject to the pro-
0.3bn, a silent participation which can be recognised as viso that Austrian Airlines suffered damage of at least
equity worth EUR 4.7bn (Silent Participation I), a silent EUR 150m as a result of COVID-19. This has been con-
participation reported under borrowed capital worth EUR firmed. As regards the debt component, a credit line of
1bn (Silent Participation II) and a largely government- EUR 300m was agreed with a consortium of Austrian
guaranteed credit facility of EUR 3bn. If the Company banks on 25 June 2020. A guarantee for 90% of the
makes use of state stabilisation measures in Belgium, loans is provided by the Republic of Austria under the
Austria and Switzerland, Silent Participation I and/or the special Austrian COVID legislation. 38 aircraft are also to
credit facility will be reduced accordingly. be pledged to the banking consortium. The loans have a
term until 2025. The measures are still subject to ap-
Certain parts of Silent Participation II can be converted proval by the Economic Stabilisation Fund and KfW.
into shares in the event of a takeover, a dilution situation
or if no coupon payments are made on Silent Participa- The “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act”
tion I. The framework agreement with the Economic Sta- (“CARES Act”), which is designed to mitigate the nega-
bilisation Fund also provides for extensive information tive economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, came
and auditing rights for the Economic Stabilisation Fund into force in the US on 27 March 2020. On 3 April 2020,
and obligations for the Lufthansa Group regarding the the LSG group submitted applications to the U.S. Depart-
suspension of dividend payments, limitations on manage- ment of the Treasury for the Payroll Support Program
ment compensation, a commitment not to make equity in- feature of the legislation for three companies in an
vestments, divestment of up to 24 slots at the Frankfurt
33 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
amount totalling USD 307m, with the LHT Group submit- 2 Notes to the income statement, statement of fi-
ting applications worth USD 50m for four companies. Due nancial position, cash flow statement and seg-
to the large volume of applications, it is currently ex- ment reporting
pected that the LSG Group will receive loans of USD 79
million and grants of USD 135 million and the LHT Group Total revenue
will receive loans of USD 11 million and grants of USD 19 Based on the IFRIC agenda decision on 17 September
million for the fiscal year 2020. The support is tied to a 2019, compensation payments for flight cancellations and
commitment to maintain a defined level of employment. delays are no longer recognised as expenses in the in-
No final agreement had been reached by the reporting come statement, but rather reduce traffic revenue and
date. the cost of materials and services by the same amount.
The Lufthansa Group applied this amendment as of 31
Negotiations with the Belgian government on support
December 2019. This adjustment reduced the traffic rev-
measures for Brussels Airlines are also under way, but
enue reported as of 30 June 2019 by EUR 107m.
had not been completed by the reporting date. ↗ Events
after the reporting period, p. 36.
SWISS²) 1,044
Brussels 235
)
Eurowings² 363 358 3 1 1 – –
Total 5,641
SWISS²) 2,367
Brussels Airlines³ )
641
Total 13,375
Other services 66
Eurowings 3 3 – – – – –
Logistics 86 63 18 – 2 3 –
IT services 86
Travel management 51
Other 29
Total 2,694
Eurowings²) 2 2 – – – – –
Logistics 57 34 20 – – 3 –
IT services 89
Other 44
Total 4,041
are not subject to any restrictions regarding the period of tivating them at short notice. Based on current fleet plan-
time in which they can be used in Germany. ning and the resolutions taken by the management
boards, the assumption is that five Boeing B747s and
ASSETS CLASSIFIED AS HELD FOR SALE eleven Airbus A320s at Lufthansa German Airlines, three
Assets with a carrying amount of EUR 384m were held Boeing B767s and 13 Bombardier Dash 8-400s at Aus-
for sale as of 30 June 2020. This primarily relates to EUR trian Airlines, 15 leased Bombardier Dash 8-400s at Eu-
321 million of the assets of the disposal group “European rowings and two leased Airbus A330s and eight leased
commercial activities of the LSG group” which were sold Airbus A319s at Brussels Airlines will be retired perma-
to gategroup Holding AG by contract dated 6/7 Decem- nently. A further six Airbus A380-800s, which had already
ber 2019. This disposal group also included all liabilities, been sold to Airbus with forecast transfer dates in 2022
which are reported under liabilities allocated to assets and 2023, will no longer go back into operation. Impair-
held for sale in the amount of EUR 491 million. The Euro- ment testing was carried out for the aircraft and right-of-
pean competition authorities approved the transaction use assets on aircraft concerned, which resulted in a total
subject to conditions on 3 April. The fulfilment of these impairment loss of EUR 281m on the basis of the fore-
conditions has been delayed due to the overall economic cast sales prices and due to a lack of other values in use
conditions resulting from the impact of the coronavirus under the leases.
and negotiations have started with the Gate Group re-
garding a number of the implementation aspects. The The general risk that decisions may still be taken to retire
transaction is now expected to be closed in the third other parts of the fleets is considered in the impairment
quarter of 2020. The current purchase price estimate tests for the individual business entities.
shows additional impairment losses of EUR 26m as of 30
June 2020. In addition to the impairment testing for individual assets,
the occurrence of a “triggering event” meant that impair-
This item also includes aircraft and reserve engines held ment tests were carried out for all material business enti-
for sale with a carrying amount of EUR 61m. These in- ties at the level of the cash-generating units in the first
clude three Boeing MD 11, five Boeing B747, three Boe- quarter of 2020. These were based on updated cash flow
ing B767, one Airbus A321, eleven Airbus A320 and 14 and earnings forecasts, which predict that the operating
Dash 8-400 aircraft. environ-ment will only slowly recover by 2023. Compared
with year-end 2019, the tests were performed with a 1%
higher discount rate and 1% lower growth from the end of
PENSION PROVISIONS the planning period. The earnings figures in “terminal
The discount rate used to calculate obligations in Ger- value” were also subjected to an additional stress sce-
many was 1.5%. As of 31 December 2019, the rate was nario. The result was an impairment loss at the entities
1.4%. A discount rate of 0.35% was used for the pension Eurowings and LSG North America. Goodwill of EUR
obligations in Switzerland (31 December 2019: 0.3%). 57m at Eurowings was written off in full and goodwill at
The increase in pension provisions is essentially due to LSG North America was impaired by EUR 100m. With
the negative performance of the plan assets. In addition, the exception of Austrian Airlines, which had no further
EUR 95m was withdrawn from the plan assets for the cushion in the test scenario, the testing did not reveal any
German pension plans for pension payments made in the impairment at the other business entities, even when the
reporting period. discount rate was increased by 0.5 percentage points
and the growth assumptions and EBITDA margin were
CONTRACT LIABILITIES FROM UNUSED FLIGHT
each reduced by 0.5 percentage points. The duration of
DOCUMENTS
the ramp-up phase has a decisive influence on the risk
The contract liabilities from unused flight documents in
situation, as does the subsequent level of commercial ac-
the amount of EUR 4,499m include an amount of EUR
tivity and the profitability of the business entities.
1,139m for which customers had made reimbursement
claims by the end of the reporting period. Further reim- Due to the drastic changes in the overall conditions and
bursement claims are expected given that the flight the resulting need to revise profit forecasts, significant in-
schedule remains severely restricted. vestments accounted for using the equity method were
also tested for impairment. Subject to the same risk ad-
CHANGES IN ESTIMATES
justments as those referred to above, the equity invest-
In view of the almost complete cessation of passenger
ment in Sun Express did not reveal any need for impair-
flight operations, which can only be reversed in stages
ment. Given what is expected to be a dramatic drop in
and over an as yet uncertain period, the operation plans
the number of Airbus A380s in operation, which are sup-
for all components of the fleet are being revised. As well
plied with spare parts by the joint venture Spairliners in
as delays in new deliveries, the assumption is that parts
the MRO segment, the remaining carrying amount of
of the fleet will no longer return to active service, but will
EUR 26m was written off in full. The projections do not
be disposed of directly. The companies still reserve the
point towards any positive value contributions overall for
right to retire aircraft temporarily, so that they can re-
the future. Negotiations are currently under way with the
spond to changes in the operating environment by reac-
co-shareholder regarding the future business orientation
36 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
of the joint venture Xeos, which offers engine mainte- Provisions for other contingent liabilities were not made
nance services. Based on weighted scenario calculations because it was not sufficiently probable that they would
and a discount factor that was 2 percentage points be necessary. The potential financial effect of these pro-
higher, the test revealed an impairment of EUR 36m. visions on the result would have been EUR 56m in total
(as of 31 December 2019: EUR 55m).
Because flight operations have largely come to a stand-
still, purchases of kerosene and cash flows in foreign cur- As of 30 June 2020, the tax risks for which no provisions
rencies have been significantly reduced. As a result, had been recognised came to some EUR 200m (as of 31
hedged transactions were no longer concluded for a December 2019: EUR 200m).
large number of hedges in these areas in the period from
April to June. No further hedged transactions are ex- At the end of June 2020 there were order commitments
pected to be concluded in the foreseeable future either, of EUR 14.5bn for capital expenditure on property, plant
meaning that hedge accounting in accordance with IFRS and equipment, including repairable spare parts, as well
9 can no longer be applied. See also the comments in as for intangible assets. Order commitments as of 31 De-
↗ Note 5 (Financial instruments). cember 2019 came to EUR 14.6bn. Contracts to buy air-
craft were renegotiated as a result of the coronavirus cri-
OTHER GOVERNMENT AID MEASURES sis and delivery of some of the orders was postponed to
Total state subsidies of EUR 175m were collected in the later dates than was the case on 31 December 2019.
first half of 2020. They are primarily attributable to the re-
imbursement of wage-replacement benefits and social Rating agencies downgrade rating for Lufthansa
security contributions paid in the context of shorttime Group
working in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and are re- — On 1 July 2020 and 2 July 2020 respectively, the rat-
ported under staff costs, decreasing these expenses. In ing agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s lowered
addition, liabilities resulting from import sales tax due for the credit rating of the Lufthansa Group from BB+ to
payment in 2021, in the total amount of EUR 246m on BB and from Ba1 to Ba2 as a result of the spread of
the reporting date, were deferred. the coronavirus and its wider impact. On 14 July 2020,
Scope Ratings confirmed its BBB- rating; Scope Rat-
In addition to the amounts granted to the companies in ings thus continues to rate the Lufthansa Group within
connection with short-time working, employees also re- the investment grade range.
ceived direct state support in the form of salary-replace-
ment benefits. WSF builds up 20% stake in issued capital
— As part of the stabilisation measures, on 2 July 2020
3 Seasonality the WSF subscribed to shares by way of a capital in-
crease and built up a 20% stake in the issued capital
The Group’s business activities are normally exposed to of Deutsche Lufthansa AG; the subscription price was
seasonal effects via the Network Airlines and Eurowings EUR 2.56 per share, resulting in a cash contribution of
segments in particular. As such, revenue in the first and around EUR 0.3bn.
fourth quarters is generally lower, since people travel
First payments from the stabilisation package have
less, while higher revenue and operating profits are nor-
been made
mally earned in the second and third quarters.
— Deutsche Lufthansa AG has received a total of
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first EUR 2.3bn so far from the stabilisation package; on 2
half of 2020, the volume of business plummeted overall July 2020, the WSF paid EUR 0.3bn through the capi-
and no longer shows any signs of seasonal effects. tal increase. On 3 July 2020, a further EUR 1.0bn
came from the first tranche of the KfW facility, followed
4 Contingencies and events after the reporting by another EUR 1.0bn on 9 July 2020 as a silent par-
period ticipation II from the WSF.
— The LSG group and the LHT group also received total
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
payments of USD 170m up to 4 August 2020 in the
in €m 30.06.2020 31.12.2019 USA under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic
From guarantees, bills of exchange and
Security Act (“CARES Act”).
cheque guarantees¹) 879 935
From warranty contracts 345 378 Lufthansa Group decides on second package for re-
structuring programme
From providing collateral for third-parties liabili-
ties 22 47 — On 7 July 2020, the Executive Board of Deutsche
1,246 1,360 Lufthansa AG approved a second package for the re-
structuring programme in response to the coronavirus
¹) Prior year figure adjusted crisis.
by Dr Detlef Kayser, the Executive Board member in — As part of the package, Deutsche Lufthansa AG pro-
charge of Airline Resources & Operations Standards; vided Austrian Airlines with EUR 150m in equity after
it also includes existing restructuring programmes at this approval was granted.
the Group’s airlines and service companies.
Agreement reached on stabilisation package for
— Following the reduction in the size of the Executive Brussels Airlines
Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the executive and — The Belgian government and the Lufthansa Group
management boards of the Group’s subsidiaries are to reached a fundamental agreement on a loan of
decrease in size compared with 2019; the number of EUR 290m to Brussels Airlines from the Belgian gov-
managerial positions is to be reduced by 20% across ernment; this is to be supplemented by an equity pay-
the Group; the administration at Deutsche Lufthansa ment of EUR 170m from Deutsche Lufthansa AG; this
AG is to be scaled down by 1,000 positions. will enable Brussels Airlines to implement its turna-
round programme aimed at securing the carrier’s long-
— The government loans and deposits are to be repaid term profitability; the contracts remain to be finalised;
as quickly as possible to avoid an increase in the re- the measures are also subject to the approval of the
sulting interest expenses. WSF and the European Commission.
— Efforts are under way to make Lufthansa German Air-
lines into an autonomous company.
5 Financial instruments and financial liabilities
— The number of sub-fleets is being reduced, as
planned, and flight operations are being pooled – in-
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
cluding long and short-haul services for leisure travel
The following tables show financial assets and liabilities
at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs; at Lufthansa Ger-
held at fair value by level in the fair value hierarchy. The
man Airlines alone, 22 aircraft have already been re-
levels are defined as follows:
tired early, including six Airbus A380s, eleven A320s
and five Boeing 747-400s. Level 1: Financial instruments traded on active markets,
the quoted prices for which are taken for measurement
— The financial planning up to 2023 specifies that a max-
unchanged.
imum of 80 new aircraft will be added to the Lufthansa
Group’s fleets; due to the postponement of planned Level 2: Measurement is made by means of valuation
deliveries, capital expenditure on new aircraft will be methods with parameters derived directly or indirectly
halved in this period. from observable market data.
European Commission approves aid package for Level 3: Measurement is made by means of valuation
Austrian Airlines methods with parameters not based exclusively on ob-
— On 7 July 2020, the European Commission signed off servable market data.
on the coronavirus package negotiated between the
Austrian federal government, the Lufthansa Group and As of 30 June 2020, the fair value hierarchy for assets
Austrian Airlines for EUR 600m. and liabilities held at fair value was as follows:
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 2,448 25 – 2,473
Derivative financial instruments which are an effective part of a hedging relationship – 1,073 – 1,073
Equity instruments – 22 – 22
Debt instruments – – – –
Derivative financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss – -337 – -337
Derivative financial instruments which are an affective part of a hedging relationship – -572 – -572
As of 30 June 2020, the decline in flight traffic due to the EUR 18m for foreign currency hedges. Overall, termi-
coronavirus crisis meant that fuel prices and foreign cur- nated hedging relationships therefore had an earnings
rencies were “overhedged”, meaning hedging relation- impact of EUR –746m. EUR 420m has been paid out in
ships previously designated under hedge accounting cash to date to settle such transactions.
rules had to be terminated early. The amount of the re-
maining fuel requirement and the foreign currency expo- CO2 emissions certificates valued at EUR 220m were
sure was determined for the remainder of the year on the sold and simultaneously repurchased on the market in
basis of current expectations. Hedging relationships for what are known as “repo” agreements so that economic
the excess volume of hedging instruments were “un- ownership of the certificates is maintained.
designated”, and the cumulative change in market value
Long-term foreign currency hedges were also realised
of EUR –284m was reclassified from the market valuation
early, generating cash proceeds of EUR 392m. The
reserve to the financial result. Fuel hedges accounted for
amounts will remain in the market valuation reserve until
expenses of EUR 301m and foreign currency hedges for
the hedged transactions have taken place and will then
income of EUR 17m. The corresponding hedging instru-
be allocated to the corresponding investments.
ments are accounted for through profit or loss as stand-
alone derivatives until their due date. The realised result As of 31 December 2019, the fair value hierarchy for as-
of hedging relationships terminated in Q1 came to ex- sets and liabilities held at fair value was as follows:
penses of EUR 480m for fuel hedging and income of
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 359 13 – 372
Derivative financial instruments which are an effective part of a hedging relationship – 1,352 – 1,352
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income – 1,632 – 1,632
Equity instruments – 22 – 22
Derivative financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss – -67 – -67
Derivative financial instruments which are an affective part of a hedging relationship – -199 – -199
The fair values of interest rate derivatives correspond to currency options and the options used to hedge fuel
their respective market values, which are measured us- prices are determined using acknowledged option pricing
ing appropriate mathematical methods, such as discount- models.
ing expected future cash flows. Discounting takes market
standard interest rates and the residual term of the re- The fair values of debt instruments also correspond to
spective instruments into account. Forward currency their respective market values, which are measured us-
transactions and swaps are individually discounted to the ing appropriate mathematical methods, such as discount-
reporting date based on their respective futures rates and ing expected future cash flows. Discounting takes market
the appropriate interest rate curve. The market prices of
39 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
standard interest rates and the residual term of the re- FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
spective instruments into account. The following table shows the carrying amounts and mar-
ket values for individual classes of financial liabilities.
The carrying amount for cash, trade receivables, other Market values for bonds are equal to the listed prices.
receivables, trade payables and other liabilities is as- The market values for other types of financial liability
sumed to be a realistic estimate of fair value. have been calculated using the applicable interest rates
for the remaining term to maturity and repayment struc-
tures at the reporting date based on available market in-
formation (Bloomberg).
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
30.06.2020 31.12.2019
6 Earnings per share 2024, subject to approval by the Supervisory Board, to in-
crease the Company’s issued capital by up to
Earnings per share
EUR 30,000,000 by issuing new registered shares to em-
ployees (Authorised Capital B) for payment in cash. Ex-
30/06/2020 30/06/2019
isting shareholders’ subscription rights are excluded.
Basic/diluted Shares with a total nominal amount of EUR 7,637,832
earnings per share € – 7.56 – 0.24
were issued under this authorisation up to 30 June 2020.
Consolidated net profit/loss €m – 3,617 – 116
Weighted average number of shares 478,194,257 475,210,712 A resolution of the extraordinary general meeting on 25
June 2020 increased the contingent capital of Deutsche
Lufthansa AG by up to EUR 102,014,776.32. The contin-
7 Issued capital gent capital increase serves to provide shares for the ex-
ercise of conversion rights granted to the Economic Sta-
bilisation Fund created by the Stabilisation Fund Act as a
By resolution of the extraordinary general meeting on 25
silent shareholder in the company for Silent Participation
June 2020, the issued capital of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
II-A at a strike rate of EUR 2.56 per share by resolution of
was increased by EUR 306,044,326.40 to EUR
the extraordinary general meeting on 25 June 2020. The
1,530,221,624.32 by issuing 119,548,565 registered
rights can be exercised if a decision is published to make
shares excluding shareholders’ subscription rights. The
a takeover offer pursuant to Section 10 Securities Acqui-
shares were bought by the Economic Stabilisation Fund
sition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) or if control is acquired
at the nominal amount of EUR 2.56 per share. The capi-
pursuant to Sections 35 and 29 WpÜG. The buyer can
tal increase took effect on 2 July 2020 when it was en-
exercise the conversion rights at any time if the Silent
tered in the commercial register.
Participation II-A is sold to a private purchaser.
A resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting on 7
A resolution of the extraordinary general meeting on 25
May 2019 authorised the Executive Board until 06 May
June 2020 increased the contingent capital of Deutsche
2024, subject to approval by the Supervisory Board, to in-
Lufthansa AG by up to EUR 897,985,223.68. The contin-
crease the Company’s issued capital by up to
gent capital increase serves to provide shares for the ex-
EUR 450,000,000 by issuing new registered shares on
ercise of conversion rights granted to the Economic Sta-
one or more occasions for payment in cash or in kind
bilisation Fund created by the Stabilisation Fund Act as a
(Authorised Capital A). In certain cases, the sharehold-
silent shareholder in the company for antidilution and/or
ers’ subscription rights can be excluded with the approval
coupon protection for Silent Participation II-B by resolu-
of the Supervisory Board.
tion of the extraordinary general meeting on 25 June
A resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting on 7 2020. If the conversion right is exercised to protect
May 2019 authorised the Executive Board until 6 May
40 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
against dilution, the new shares will be issued at the cur- 298m shown in the 2019 financial statements was trans-
rent market price on the conversion date, less 10%. If the ferred to retained earnings.
conversion right is exercised to protect the coupon, they
are issued at the current market price on the conversion 8 Segment reporting
date, less 5.25%. The conversion rights expire if Silent
Participation II-B is assigned to a third party. Based on the IFRIC agenda decision on 17 September
2019, compensation payments for flight cancellations and
A resolution of the Annual General Meeting on 5 May delays are no longer recognised as expenses in the in-
2020 increased the company’s contingent capital by up to come statement, but rather as reductions in revenue. The
EUR 122,417,728. The contingent capital increase Lufthansa Group applied this amendment retrospectively
serves to issue shares to the holders or creditors of con- as of 31 December 2019, and the previous year’s figures
version and/or option rights from convertible bonds that were adjusted accordingly by reducing traffic revenue
may be issued by the Company or its Group companies and the cost of materials and services by the same
until 4 May 2025 in accordance with the resolution of the amount.
Annual General Meeting on 5 May 2020. In certain
cases, the shareholders’ subscription rights can be ex- Segmentation has been changed compared with the fi-
cluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board. nancial statements as of 31 December 2019. Brussels
Airlines, Germanwings and the Eurowings long-haul busi-
A resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting held ness are managed by the Network Airlines group as of
on 7 May 2019 authorised the Executive Board pursuant the start of financial year 2020 and have therefore been
to Section 71 Paragraph 1 No. 8 Stock Corporation Act allocated to the Network Airlines segment. As of 1 Janu-
(AktG) to purchase treasury shares until 6 May 2024. The ary 2020, the line maintenance business of Lufthansa
authorisation is limited to 10% of current issued capital. Technik was transferred to Deutsche Lufthansa AG,
According to the resolution of the Annual General Meet- which will carry out the work itself from this point on, and
ing held on 7 May 2019, the Executive Board is also au- is now part of the Network Airlines segment. The figures
thorised to purchase treasury shares by means of deriva- for the previous year have been adjusted accordingly.
tives and to conclude corresponding derivative transac-
tions. The segmentation changes increased previous-year rev-
enue for the Network Airlines segment by EUR 878m and
Following a resolution of the Annual General Meeting reduced its Adjusted EBIT by EUR 77m. For the MRO
held on 5 May 2020, the full distributable profit of EUR segment the changes reduced previous-year revenue by
EUR 169m and Adjusted EBIT by EUR 8m.
41 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
External revenue 4,241 366 1,305 1,606 651 8,169 166 – 8,335
Operating income 4,982 452 1,351 2,464 847 10,096 1,169 -1,978 9,287
Operating expenses 7,377 746 1,089 2,554 1,029 12,795 1,288 -2,014 12,069
of which cost of materials 3,277 427 702 1,346 345 6,097 118 -1,088 5,127
of which staff cost 1,880 93 188 648 446 3,255 358 -1 3,612
of which depreciation and
amortisation 956 104 78 100 61 1,299 58 -36 1,321
of which other operating expenses 1,264 122 121 460 177 2,144 754 -889 2,009
Adjusted EBIT¹) -2,416 -358 277 -122 -195 -2,814 -122 37 -2,899
Reconciliation items -270 -74 -19 -71 -111 -545 -7 -17 -569
Impairment losses/gains -268 -73 -19 -65 -111 -536 1 -17 -552
Capital employed²) 11,721 1,191 2,167 5,110 1,300 21,489 1,548 -571 22,466
of which from investments ac-
counted for using the equity method 35 115 56 181 115 502 5 -1 506
¹) For detailed reconciliation from EBIT to Adjusted EBIT ↗ table "reconciliation of results", p. XXX, in the interim management report.
²) The capital employed results from total assets adjusted for non-operating items, (deferred taxes, positive market values, derivatives) less non-interest bearing
liabilities (including trade payables and liabilities from unused flight documents).
42 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LUFTHANSA GROUP 2ND INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - JUNE 2020
Notes
External revenue 11,468 1,053 1,215 2,146 1,260 17,142 274 – 17,416
Operating income 12,378 1,121 1,277 3,351 1,650 19,777 1,284 -2,569 18,492
Operating expenses 11,917 1,290 1,286 3,154 1,628 19,275 1,426 -2,539 18,162
of which cost of materials 6,728 901 872 1,924 692 11,117 139 -1,625 9,631
of which staff cost 2,390 131 207 726 637 4,091 430 -3 4,518
of which depreciation and
amortisation 937 120 76 91 57 1,281 52 -15 1,318
of which other operating expenses 1,862 138 131 413 242 2,786 805 -896 2,695
Reconciliation items -1 – -6 – – -7 9 -3 -1
Capital employed³ 11,028 1,377 2,100 5,581 1,557 21,643 1,928 -253 23,318
of which from investments ac-
counted for using the equity method 43 130 61 306 150 690 6 -37 659
Europe thereof Ger- North thereof Central Asia/ Middle East Africa Group
many America USA and South Pacific
in €m America
Traffic revenue¹) 3,685 1,676 786 714 133 839 96 102 5,641
Other operating revenue 1,127 394 838 671 112 431 112 74 2,694
Total revenue 4,812 2,070 1,624 1,385 245 1,270 208 176 8,335
Europe thereof Ger- North thereof Central Asia/ Middle East Africa Group
many America USA and South Pacific
in €m America
Traffic revenue¹) 8,900 4,173 2,191 1,968 285 1,465 291 243 13,375
Other operating revenue 1,676 511 1,256 1,048 233 653 142 81 4,041
Total revenue 10,576 4,684 3,447 3,016 518 2,118 433 324 17,416
Declaration by the
legal representatives
We declare that to the best of our knowledge and accord-
ing to the applicable accounting standards for interim re-
porting, the consolidated interim financial statements give
a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial posi-
tion and profit or loss of the Group, and the interim man-
agement report of the Group includes a fair review of the
development and performance of the business and the
position of the Group, together with a description of the
principal opportunities and risks associated with the ex-
pected development of the Group for the remaining
months of the financial year.
Review Report
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The Lufthansa 2nd Interim Report is a translation of the
original German Lufthansa Zwischenbericht 2/2020.
Please note that only the German version is legally bind-
ing.
2020 2021
5 November Release of 3rd Interim Report 4 March Release of Annual Report 2020
January – September 2020
29 April Release of 1st Interim Report
January – March 2021
It is possible that the Group’s actual results and development may differ materially from the results forecast in the forward-looking
statements. Lufthansa does not assume any obligation, nor does it intend, to adapt forward-looking statements to accommodate
events or developments that may occur at some later date. Accordingly, it neither expressly nor conclusively accepts liability, nor
gives any guarantee, for the actuality, accuracy and completeness of this data and information.
Note
Unless stated otherwise, all change figures refer to the corresponding period from the previous year. Due to rounding, some of the
figures may not add up precisely to the stated totals, and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.