Lufthansa refines forecast for 2013

Lufthansa Group has increased its adjusted operating result by 47% in the first nine months of 2013. Excluding restructuring costs in connection with the Score program (EUR 168m) and project costs for product improvements (EUR 30m), the Group generated an operating profit of about EUR 860m in the period from January to September. This is an increase of around EUR 280m compared with the adjusted result for the same period last year. Including the project and restructuring costs, the operating result for the first nine months came to around EUR 660m. In the same period last year, the Group recorded