Consistent with long-running trends, Lufthansa's 6.5 percent margin figure was worse compared with that of International Airlines Group 's 8 percent operating margin but better than Air France-KLM 's 2 percent. The same relative positions held for all of 2022 as well, though the margin gap between the three airline groups was narrower: IAG 5.4 percent, Lufthansa 4.6 percent, and Air France-KLM 4.5 percent.