Lufthansa Traffic Drops After Strike Hits Demand

Lufthansa said demand for its flights dropped 10.6 percent in November due to a week of strikes by cabin crew, the longest ever walkout at the airline.

Demand - measured in revenue seat km - was also hurt by further strike threats at the end of the month, which were not carried out, Lufthansa said in its monthly traffic update.

The drop in demand was greater than the lower number of seats offered, resulting in the load factor falling 0.6 percentage points to 75.3 percent.