Air France-KLM; passenger load factor to 85.1%
Passenger business
The decline in traffic in July was limited to 3.3%, after a drop of 5.8% in the First Quarter. Capacity,
meanwhile, was reduced by 4.1%, leading to a 0.7 point improvement in load factor to 85.1%. The group carried 6.9 million passengers (-4.5%). The deterioration in unit revenues was slightly less pronounced than in previous months.
- On the Americas network, traffic declined by 4.3% with capacity down by 5.9%. The load factor rose 1.5 points to 89.9%.
- The Asia network improved slightly relative to previous months with a 5.5% decline in traffic, less than the reduction in capacity of 6.2%. The load factor improved slightly to 87.8% (+0.7points).
- On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic progressed by 3.3% with capacity up by 4.3%. The load factor fell 0.8 points to 85.1%.
- Traffic on the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network declined 1.0% with capacity down 0.5%. The load factor stood at 82.4%, down 0.4 points.
- On the European network, the decline in traffic of 4.8% was below that of capacity (-6.0%). The load factor improved slightly to 76.7% (+1.0 point).
Vicky Karantzavelou
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Monday, August 10, 2009