Deutsche Lufthansa : Lufthansa targets 60-70% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers by year-end

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Passenger numbers at Lufthansa are currently around 40% of pre-pandemic levels and it is aiming to reach 60-70% by the end of the year, a manager at the German airline said.

"We started into the summer with about 10% of passengers and 15% of flights compared to pre-crisis levels", Jens Fehlinger said.

Lufthansa is currently running about 55% of the flights it used to. While it is serving 192 destinations - more than in summer 2019 - it is flying many routes less frequently.

The airline and its subsidiaries are using 520 aircraft, compared with roughly 800 before the crisis, Fehlinger said.

(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach; Editing by Mark Potter)