Passenger and cargo traffic results published by Air France KLM
Passenger
– Stable load factor at 84.5% (-0.3 points)
– Further improvement in unit revenues
– Strong level of forward bookings
Cargo
– Rise in traffic (+0.5%)
– Improvement in load factor 64.3% (+0.8 points)
Passenger business
Leisure traffic was slightly less dynamic than in August 2009 which had seen robust levels of activity. Traffic declined by 1.2% for capacity down by 0.9%. The load factor remained high at 84.5%. The group carried 6.5 million passengers (-0.8%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) continued to improve and was well up on August 2009. Forward bookings for the coming months show a positive trend.
– On the Americas network, traffic fell 2.1% with capacity down 1.3%.
The load factor declined by 0.7 points, but remained at the high level of
88.3%.
– Traffic and capacity on the Asia network were almost stable (-0.3%
and 0.2% respectively). The load factor amounted to 88.0% (-0.1%).
– Traffic was weaker on the Africa and Middle East network, but
Ramadan started at the beginning of August. Traffic dropped 2.7%,
with stable capacity (-0.1%). The load factor declined by 2.3 points to
83.4%.
– On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, traffic rose by 2.3% with
capacity up by 1.9%. The laod factor gained 0.3 points to 81.7%
– The European network saw a 1.1 point rise in load factor to 77.1%,
with the decline in traffic of 1.4% being half that of capacity (-2.8%).
Cargo business
Traffic rose by 0.5% with capacity down by 0.9%. The load factor gained 0.8 points to 64.3%. Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) rose strongly year on year.
STATISTICS
Passenger activity (in millions)
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August |
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Year to date |
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|
Total Group |
2010 |
2009 |
Variation |
|
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
Variation |
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
6,502 |
6,555 |
(0.8%) |
|
30,999 |
32,134 |
(3.5%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
19,098 |
19,335 |
(1.2%) |
|
88,077 |
89,254 |
(1.3%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
22,606 |
22,808 |
(0.9%) |
|
105,903 |
109,247 |
(3.1%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
84.5% |
84.8% |
(0.3) |
|
83.2% |
81.7% |
1.5 |
|
Europe (including France) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
4,324 |
4,343 |
(0.4%) |
|
21,053 |
22,114 |
(4.8%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
3,631 |
3,682 |
(1.4%) |
|
17,133 |
18,086 |
(5.3%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
4,709 |
4,845 |
(2.8%) |
|
22,722 |
24,720 |
(8.1%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
77.1% |
76.0% |
1.1 |
|
75.4% |
73.2% |
2.2 |
|
Americas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
884 |
912 |
(3.0%) |
|
4,046 |
4,165 |
(2.9%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
6,551 |
6,694 |
(2.1%) |
|
30,046 |
30,758 |
(2.3%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
7,423 |
7,523 |
(1.3%) |
|
34,095 |
35,404 |
(3.7%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
88.3% |
89.0% |
(0.7) |
|
88.1% |
86.9% |
1.2 |
|
Asia / Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
485 |
486 |
(0.1%) |
|
2,291 |
2,228 |
2.8% |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
4,205 |
4,218 |
(0.3%) |
|
19,789 |
19,236 |
2.9% |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
4,776 |
4,787 |
(0.2%) |
|
22,762 |
22,760 |
0.0% |
|
Load factor (%) |
88.0% |
88.1% |
(0.1) |
|
86.9% |
84.5% |
2.4 |
|
Africa / Middle East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
520 |
532 |
(2.3%) |
|
2,370 |
2,379 |
(0.4%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers,(RPK) |
2,713 |
2,788 |
(2.7%) |
|
12,413 |
12,421 |
(0.1%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers,(ASK) |
3,254 |
3,256 |
(0.1%) |
|
15,323 |
15,522 |
(1.3%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
83.4% |
85.6% |
(2.3) |
|
81.0% |
80.0% |
1.0 |
|
Caribbean / Indian,Ocean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
289 |
283 |
2.1% |
|
1,239 |
1,248 |
(0.8%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
1,998 |
1,953 |
2.3% |
|
8,696 |
8,754 |
(0.7%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
2,444 |
2,397 |
1.9% |
|
11,001 |
10,841 |
1.5% |
|
Load factor (%) |
81.7% |
81.5% |
0.3 |
|
79.0% |
80.8% |
(1.7) |
Cargo activity (in millions)
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|
August |
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|
Year to date |
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|
Total Group |
2010 |
2009 |
Variation |
|
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
Variation |
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
934 |
929 |
0.5% |
|
4,722 |
4,632 |
1.9% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
1,452 |
1,464 |
(0.9%) |
|
6,968 |
7,304 |
(4.6%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
64.3% |
63.5% |
0.8 |
|
67.8% |
63.4% |
4.3 |
|
Europe (including France) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
6 |
5 |
7.3% |
|
28 |
30 |
(5.5%) |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
44 |
44 |
(0.1%) |
|
209 |
221 |
(5.2%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
12.9% |
12.0% |
0.9 |
|
13.6% |
13.6% |
(0.0) |
|
Americas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
369 |
355 |
4.0% |
|
1,826 |
1,728 |
5.7% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
572 |
575 |
(0.5%) |
|
2,692 |
2,795 |
(3.7%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
64.5% |
61.7% |
2.8 |
|
67.8% |
61.8% |
6.0 |
|
Asia / Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
388 |
395 |
(1.7%) |
|
1,959 |
1,948 |
0.6% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
500 |
514 |
(2.7%) |
|
2,452 |
2,628 |
(6.7%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
77.6% |
76.8% |
0.8 |
|
79.9% |
74.1% |
5.8 |
|
Africa / Middle East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
140 |
142 |
(1.2%) |
|
736 |
728 |
1.0% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
241 |
236 |
2.1 |
|
1,176 |
1,181 |
(0.4%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
58.1 |
60.0 |
(1.9) |
|
62.6% |
61.7% |
0.9 |
|
Caribbean / Indian Ocean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
31 |
33 |
(5.4%) |
|
173 |
198 |
(12.7%) |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
94 |
95 |
(0.4%) |
|
438 |
479 |
(8.6%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
32.8% |
34.6 |
(1.7) |
|
39.4% |
41.3% |
(1.9) |