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Fewer Luftansa passengers through Birmingham
German airline Lufthansa had its wings clipped last year with a dip in passenger numbers flying to and from Birmingham.
The company reported a drop of 1.2 per cent in the number of people it carried through Birmingham International Airport for 2008, down to 411,578 from 416,649 the year before.
But bosses at the global airline called the performance “excellent” as it came against a backdrop of shrinking demand for flights throughout the world.
Lufthansa general manager for the UK and Ireland Marianne Sammann said: “They are very positive against the overall trend in the market.”
She said the airline had put in an especially strong performance for passenger numbers on its Asia Pacific routes, which nearly doubled last year.
But Lufthansa’s drop in passenger figures last year contrasts sharply with the overall number of people taking flights from Birmingham International Airport in 2008.
Last year the airport reported record passenger numbers - an increase of 4.2 per cent over 2007 figures. But Ms Sammann said the figures did not reflect badly on Lufthansa – it was likely most of the growth seen by Birmingham was down to low-cost carriers, not airlines like Lufthansa.
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German airline Lufthansa had its wings clipped last year with a dip in passenger numbers flying to and from Birmingham.
The company reported a drop of 1.2 per cent in the number of people it carried through Birmingham International Airport for 2008, down to 411,578 from 416,649 the year before.
But bosses at the global airline called the performance “excellent” as it came against a backdrop of shrinking demand for flights throughout the world.
Lufthansa general manager for the UK and Ireland Marianne Sammann said: “They are very positive against the overall trend in the market.”
She said the airline had put in an especially strong performance for passenger numbers on its Asia Pacific routes, which nearly doubled last year.
But Lufthansa’s drop in passenger figures last year contrasts sharply with the overall number of people taking flights from Birmingham International Airport in 2008.
Last year the airport reported record passenger numbers - an increase of 4.2 per cent over 2007 figures. But Ms Sammann said the figures did not reflect badly on Lufthansa – it was likely most of the growth seen by Birmingham was down to low-cost carriers, not airlines like Lufthansa.
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