Air France-KLM reports June 2005 Traffic Figures

 In June, Air France-KLM, traffic grew 7.8% on 4.6% higher capacity. The load factor gained 2.4 points to reach 81.5%, while Air France-KLM carried over 6.2 million passengers (up 6.1%).

The Americas posted a strong increase in traffic and capacity, up 11.2% and up 12.0% respectively. Load factor remains at the good level of 88.4% (down 0.7 points).

Asia continued to achieve a good performance with load factor rising 3.3 points to 84.5%, as traffic increased by 6.0% on 1.9% higher capacity. 

The Africa and Middle East network also posted a strong increase in traffic up 11.6% and in capacity up 10.2%. Load factor improved slightly to reach 76.2%, up 0.9 points.

On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean sector, load factor gained 7.7 points to reach 75.9%, as traffic grew 0.7% on 9.5% lower capacity.

The European network remained buoyant with traffic increasing by 5.6% for a 2.0% rise in capacity. Load factor improved by 2.6 points to reach the good level of 75.2%. 

Cargo operations

Cargo activity continued to suffer from the weakness of European exports and posted a 1.1% decrease in traffic while capacity was up 4.3%. The load factor decreased by 3.5 points to 64.7%.

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