Lufthansa Keeps Unit Costs Stable in Final Quarter on Cost Purge

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.