Lufthansa Cargo’s FY 2025 Adjusted EBIT Improves 29 Percent to €324 Million
- Joe Breitfeller
- Mar 6
- 3 min read
Lufthansa Cargo has announced a full-year 2025 EBIT improvement of 29 percent to €324 million on a 4.0 percent revenue increase €3.4 billion.
On Friday (March 6, 2026), Lufthansa Cargo reported their full-year financial results for the period ending December 31, 2025. The carrier reported a 2025 EBIT improvement of 29 percent to €324 million on a 4.0 percent revenue increase €3.4 billion. Lufthansa Cargo’s adjusted EBIT margin improved year-over-year by 1.8 percent to 9.5 percent (previous year: 7.7 percent). The cargo airline’s available freight capacity was also expanded in 2025, with a total of 14.45 billion freight tonne kilometers were offered, up 5.4 percent versus the previous year. Sales also increased by 7.0 percent year-on-year to 9.1 billion freight tonne kilometers. The carrier’s average load factor improved by 1.1 percentage points to 63 percent, compared to 61.9 percent in 2024. With these positive results, Lufthansa Cargo is now back among the top 5 global air freight providers.
In Friday’s announcement, Lufthansa Cargo’s CEO, Ashwin Bhat, said,
“Being back among the top 5 global air freight providers already in 2025 is proof of the impact of our BOLD MOVES strategy and of the outstanding commitment and ambition of our team worldwide. We have taken decisive steps in a short period of time to continue improving quality, customer satisfaction, and efficiency at the same time - exactly where our customers experience the greatest value. In parallel, we are advancing our network in a targeted way: Our partnerships with ITA Airways and Swiss WorldCargo open additional opportunities for our customers. Both bring us closer to our goal of making Lufthansa Cargo one of the world’s top three air freight providers by 2030.”
Also commenting on the company’s 2025 financial results, Lufthansa Cargo’s CFO and CHRO, Gregor Schleussner, added,
“Lufthansa Cargo grew by 7.3 percent last year - more than double the growth of the overall market, which stood at 3.4 percent. This development impressively underscores the quality, reliability and economic strength of our business model. It is particularly noteworthy that we also exceeded our margin target – a clear sign of our consistent cost management and the high profitability of our operating business. This strong performance gives us additional financial leeway to continue investing in future technologies, infrastructure and high-quality services for our customers. At our hub Frankfurt alone, we are currently investing 600 million euros in our new, modern freight center.”
Lufthansa Cargo’s BOLD MOVES initiative has been implemented since end 2023 with the goal of firmly re-establishing Lufthansa Cargo among the world’s top three cargo airlines by 2030, based on Revenue Freight Kilometers. By the end of the 2026 financial year, a Top 5 position had been targeted. Lufthansa Cargo has now reached this important interim milestone ahead of schedule, already achieving it by the end of the 2025 financial year.
Lufthansa Cargo strengthened their European network in 2025 with new Airbus A321F destinations, including Katowice (KTW), Rome (FCO) and Beirut (BEY). Additionally, freighter operations to Tel Aviv (TLV) were resumed and increased to up to seven weekly flights. In intercontinental traffic, freighter connections to Almaty (ALA) and a new route from Shanghai (PVG) to Los Angeles (LAX) were added, complemented by a broad offering of up to 50 weekly frequencies in Asia-Pacific region and more than 30 destinations in North and South America. Belly hold capacity was also expanded through new routes from Vienna (VIE) to Los Angeles (LAX) and from Munich (MUC) to Orlando (MCO), as well as to Windhoek (WDH) and Calgary (YYC).
Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world’s leading cargo airlines and part of the Lufthansa Group, Europe’s largest airline group. In 2025, the company generated revenues of 3.4 billion euros and a transport performance of 9.1 billion freight tonne-kilometers, and currently employs approximately 4,200 team members worldwide. Through five cargo hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Vienna and Rome, the carrier transports an average of 2,500 tons of freight per day across an airport-to-airport network that covers 350 destinations in over 100 countries. Lufthansa Cargo markets the belly-hold cargo capacities Lufthansa Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, ITA Airways and SunExpress, as well as its own dedicated freighter fleet of 18 Boeing 777F and four Airbus A321F. Additionally, around 300 trucks operate daily under a Lufthansa Cargo flight number. Together with its subsidiaries, Lufthansa Cargo offers customized, fast and efficient logistics solutions along the entire supply chain.
Source: Lufthansa Cargo / Mynewsdesk
