Lufthansa Keeps Unit Costs Stable in Final Quarter on Cost Purge

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000A passenger aircraft, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, sprayed with de-icing fluid at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt.Deutsche Lufthansa AG managed to keep unit costs stable in the fourth quarter, indicating that Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr’s cost-cutting push is beginning to pay off.Unit costs — a key airline metric measuring expenses per seat flown — were stable from a year earlier in the final three months of 2025, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. The performance came despite an an 10% increase in fees and levies, which the airline attributed to efficiency programs rolled out across the group.