Lufthansa Technik has reported the best first half-year in the company’s history in terms of earnings.
“The aviation sector is recovering much faster than expected. This is benefiting us because we are succeeding in exploiting many of the resulting opportunities for us thanks to the great commitment of our employees,” says Dr. William Willms, Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa Technik. “Our components business in particular had a very strong summer. Material is in great demand on the market. We continue to attract customers through better material availability compared with competitors, among other things.” The bottom line for earnings after the third quarter of 2023 is now an Adjusted EBIT of 459 million euros (+7 percent) despite headwinds from the dollar exchange rate and high inflation, while Lufthansa Technik’s revenue increased to 4.8 billion euros (+20 percent). Lufthansa Technik also successfully secures the business of the future: As of late September, the company had signed more than 580 new contracts this year, compared to around 700 in total in 2022.
Considerable investments are being made in materials and personnel. The number of employees increased to 22,290. Investments in infrastructure are also being driven forward. One such example is the construction of a new hydraulics workshop at the Hamburg site where Lufthansa Technik alone is investing a mid-double-digit million sum.
Lufthansa Technik has also announced the foundation of ViTech, a joint venture with CleverPine AD, a leading provider of software engineering services based in Bulgaria. ViTech will set up a product-oriented software engineering and data science center that will develop high-quality solutions exclusively for Lufthansa Technik’s digitization needs. Effective immediately, ViTech will hire 85 software engineers to work in Sofia.
