SWISS carries fewer passengers in the first half of 2014

Swiss International Air Lines transported 7,735,402 passengers in the first six months of
2014, a slight 0.5% decline on the 7,772,447 of the same period last year. First-half
passenger numbers within Europe were down 0.7%, while intercontinental services saw a
0.2% increase in their passenger volume. SWISS operated 1.9% fewer flights in the
period: 71,518, compared to 72,899 in 2013. Of these, 62,597 were on the European
network (down 2.7%) and 8,921 were on intercontinental routes (up 3.9%). Systemwide
seat load factor for the period amounted to 81.7%, a 0.9-percentage-point decline from
the 82.6% of January-to-June 2013.

SWISS offered 2.1% more first-half capacity than it had in 2013 in available seatkilometre
(ASK) terms. Total traffic volume for the period, measured in revenue
passenger-kilometres, was raised 1.1%. On the European network ASK capacity was up
0.5% while RPK volume declined 0.1%; and for intercontinental routes ASK production
was increased by 2.9% while RPK volume rose 1.6%.

The first-half airfreight business of Swiss WorldCargo showed positive year-on-year
trends. Cargo load factor (by volume) for the period stood at 79.6%, a 0.9-percentagepoint
improvement on the 78.7% of 2013, while total cargo sales were up 5.8% in
revenue tonne-kilometre terms.

SWISS carried 1,422,392 passengers in the month of June 2014, a 0.7% increase on the
1,412,234 of the same month last year. Systemwide seat load factor for the month
amounted to 85.9%, a decline of 1.8 percentage points (June 2013: 87.7%). Seat load
factor for the European network was down 0.7 percentage points, while seat load factor
for intercontinental services saw a 2.2-percentage-point decline. Swiss WorldCargo
posted a cargo load factor (by volume) of 77.2%, 0.7 percentage points down from the
77.9% of June 2013. Total cargo sales were raised 2.8% in revenue tonne-kilometre
terms.