Our international market share in April was 86.2% and 49.2% in the domestic market
São Paulo – (BOVESPA: TAMM4, NYSE:TAM) The Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) released the operating data for April 2009 today.
Our domestic demand, measured in RPKs, presented 6.5% growth compared to the same period last year, and 10.6% increase in domestic supply, measured in ASK. In April, market demand increased 2.0% and market supply increased 6.7%. We registered domestic market share (RPK) of 49.2%, a 2.1 p.p. increase compared to the same period in 2008. Our domestic load factor was 64.1%, 1.1 p.p. higher than the market average of 63.0%.
In the international market, we registered 23.2% growth in demand and 25.2% in supply, compared to April 2008. We attained market share of 86.2%, representing 13.8 p.p. growth year on year. We attained 72.7% load factor, 4.0 p.p. higher than the market average of 68.6%.
Please find below our operating data for April:
Operating data
Apr-2009
Apr-2008
Var. %
Domestic Market
ASK (millions) – Supply
3,126
2,827
10.6%
RPK (millions) – Demand
2,002
1,880
6.5%
Load Factor
64.1%
66.5%
-2.4 p.p.
Market share
49.2%
47.1%
2.1 p.p.
International Market
ASK (millions) – Supply
2,036
1,626
25.2%
RPK (millions) – Demand
1,479
1,200
23.2%
Load Factor
72.7%
73.8%
-1.2 p.p.
Market share
86.2%
72.4%
13.8 p.p.
Operating data
Jan-Apr 2009
Jan-Apr 2008
Var. %
Domestic Market
ASK (millions) – Supply
12,852
11,293
13.8%
RPK (millions) – Demand
8,245
7,898
4.4%
Load Factor
64.2%
69.9%
-5.8 p.p.
Market share
49.5%
49.3%
0.2 p.p.
International Market
ASK (millions) – Supply
8,172
6,711
21.8%
RPK (millions) – Demand
5,885
5,107
15.2%
Load Factor
72.0%
76.1%
-4.1 p.p.
Market share
85.7%
68.8%
16.9 p.p.
