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May 2009 was impacted by unfavourable calendar effects in France (three public holidays compared with only two in May 2008). As a result, the decline in traffic (-8.1%) exceeded the reduction in capacity (-5.7%). The load factor was therefore down 2.0 points to 77.3%. The group carried 6.1 million passengers (-7.8%).
– On the Americas network traffic declined 9.8% with a 8.3% reduction in capacity. The load factor declined 1.5 points to 82.6%.
– On the Asia network capacity was strongly reduced by 8.3% while traffic declined 11.1%. The load factor dropped 2.2 points to 79.4%.
– Traffic on the Africa and Middle East network rose 0.3% with capacity up 4.0%. The load factor fell 2.7
points to 71.8%.
– The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network saw reductions in traffic and capacity of 6.5% and 6.6% respectively, leading to a stable load factor of 80.5% (+0.1 point).
– The European network saw capacity down 4.5% and traffic by 7.4%. The load factor declined 2.2 points to 70.1%.
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