Lufthansa Group Reports Second Quarter 2025 Net Profit of €1.0 Billion or €0.84 per Share
- Joe Breitfeller
- Aug 1
- 3 min read
Lufthansa Group has reported a second quarter 2025 net profit of €1.0 billion or €0.84 per share on a year-over-year increase in revenue of 3.0 percent to €10.3 billion. At June 30, 2025, the Group’s liquidity totaled €11.1 billion.
On Thursday (July 31, 2025), the Lufthansa Group reported their second quarter and first half (H1) financial results for the period ending June 30, 2025. The Group reported a second quarter net profit of €1.0 billion or €0.84 per share on a 3.0 percent year-over-year increase in revenue to €10.3 billion. The company’s second quarter revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) declined by (1.3) percent versus the same period last year to 9.3 euro cents, while cost per available seat kilometer excluding fuel and emissions trading (CASK-ex) increased 4.1 percent to 6.5 euro cents. At June 30, 2025, Lufthansa Group had liquidity totaling €11.1 billion.
In Thursday’s announcement, Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO. Carsten Spohr, said,
“The Lufthansa Group remains on course. Although the second quarter was again marked by geopolitical crises and economic uncertainties, we are today confirming our positive outlook for the full year. However, 2025 will remain a year of transformation for us, as delays in aircraft deliveries, certifications, and engine overhauls continue. The disproportionate burden on European airlines due to unilateral EU regulations also continues to put us at a disadvantage in global competition.
“In this challenging environment, we were able to increase our operating result by almost a third in the second quarter and double the Lufthansa Group result. The basis for this economic success is and remains the regained operational stability of our airlines. Thanks to the tremendous commitment of our employees on board and on the ground, we are now able to report positive operating results for the first six months of the year. Our core brand achieved its best stability and punctuality figures since 2016. This not only significantly improved customer satisfaction but also had a noticeable impact on earnings due to lower compensation payments.
“Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik once again demonstrated their global leading performance in the first half of 2025. It is also encouraging that our investment in ITA Airways is already contributing to the Group’s financial success.
“We are continuing our necessary efforts to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability, particularly in the turnaround of our core brand, in order to expand our position as the world’s largest airline group outside the US.”
Also commenting on the Group’s H1 and second quarter 2025 financial results, Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Chief Financial Officer, Till Streichert, said,
“We continue to operate in a volatile environment with high uncertainty and high cost pressure. I am therefore pleased to be able to present another quarterly result that is significantly above the previous year and to report progress in our Turnaround program. In our assessment, opportunities and risks are balanced. We therefore continue to expect a full year 2025 result significantly above the previous year and Adjusted Free Cashflow at approximately the previous year's level. We thereby confirm our guidance. At the same time, we are closely monitoring macroeconomic developments and can respond flexibly to changes in the business environment.”
The integration of ITA Airways, in which the Lufthansa Group holds a 41 percent stake, is ongoing, and the benefits for customers are already noticeable. Since the beginning of July, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group and ITA Airways have harmonized the benefits for their respective status customers, such as mutual lounge access, priority boarding, and conditions for additional baggage. Flights from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines can also be combined with flights from ITA Airways in a single booking. Additionally, starting in September, ITA Airways guests will be able to store their travel profile electronically in the Lufthansa Group Travel ID and benefit from the associated digital customer services of the Lufthansa Group.
Lufthansa Technik’s second quarter revenue rose 8.0 percent compared to the same period last year to €2.0 billion, and the division achieved an H1 2025 Adjusted EBIT of €310 million, once again setting a new record. Lufthansa Cargo doubled their second quarter result compared to Q2 2024 with an Adjusted EBIT of €73 million. Since June 2025, Lufthansa Cargo has been marketing the freight capacity of ITA Airways’ South American routes to Rome. Lufthansa Cargo plans to gradually expand the marketing of belly-hold capacity to all continental and intercontinental routes of the Italian airline.
Source: Lufthansa Group
