Number of passengers carried on long-haul flights also continues the growth trend: in January 2019, Alitalia carried 197,380 travelers on its intercontinental services with a 2.3 per cent increase compared to the same month of the previous year.
ROME – Alitalia’s passenger revenues increase continues the growth trend reported in the previous months. The Italian airline reported in January 2019 the fourteenth consecutive month of growth, with a 4 per cent increase in passenger revenues, compared to January 2018. The growth was achieved without aircraft fleet expansion and was in particular driven by the excellent performance in the international and intercontinental sectors. In January 2019, passenger revenues of long-haul services increased by 6 per cent compared to the previous year and now represent 48 per cent of total passenger revenues, a value never achieved in the last 5 years.
Number of passengers carried on long-haul flights also continues the growth trend: in January 2019, Alitalia carried 197,380 travelers on its intercontinental services with a 2.3 per cent increase compared to the same month of the previous year.
Alitalia: in January second most punctual airline in the world
Alitalia has ranked second most punctual airline in the world in January 2019 with 89.04 per cent of flights landed on schedule, according to the report published by FlightStats, the authoritative US independent society which every month drafts the list of the major airlines in the world for on-time performance, comparing the data of equivalent airlines for size and network.
The analysis performed by FlightStats reported that the Alitalia’s on-time performance was, in January, 10 percentage points higher than the average punctuality index of world airlines (78.6%).
The data related to the month of January follow the success registered during 2018, confirming the Italian airline’s excellent on-time performance: with 83.2 per cent of flights landed on schedule, last year Alitalia ranked second most punctual airline in Europe and eighth in the world.
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