03 汉莎航空自疫情以来首次盈利

Lufthansa beat analysts’ expectations to post a quarterly profit for the first time since the pandemic, becoming the second major European airline to benefit from the travel recovery as international borders reopen.

汉莎航空自疫情爆发以来首次公布季度利润，超出分析师预期。随着国际边境重新开放，该公司成为第二家从旅行复苏中受益的主要欧洲航空公司。

The German airline, which is in the process of slimming down its business and is axing more than 30,000 staff, eked out earnings of €17m before interest and taxes for the three months to the end of September. In the previous quarter, Lufthansa booked a loss of more than €950m.

这家德国航空公司正在进行业务瘦身，并裁员3万多名员工。在截至9月底的3个月里，该公司的息税前利润勉强维持在1700万欧元。上一季度，汉莎航空录得逾9.5亿欧元亏损。

The carrier said that, although the 19.6m passengers it had carried in the latest quarter represented 46 per cent of pre-crisis 2019 levels, new bookings had surged to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic norms. The opening of US borders to travellers from Europe—planned for November 8—generated “a boom in demand in recent weeks”, the airline said. “Since the announcement of the opening, the number of weekly bookings has increased by 51 per cent compared to the previous weeks.”

汉莎航空表示，尽管该公司在最近一个季度运载的1960万名乘客仅为2019年危机前水平的46%，但新预订量已飙升至疫情前标准的80%。美国边境计划11月8日向欧洲旅客开放促进“近几周需求激增”。“自宣布开放以来，周预订量已较前几周增长51%。”