Air France-KLM report strong figures for December 2005

In December 2005, Air France-KLM reported a further strong increase in both activity levels and traffic revenues.

Traffic increased by 11.9% on 9% higher capacity. The load factor improved by 2.1 points to reach the high level of 79.8% while the number of passengers carried increased by 8% to 5.6 million.

The Americas posted a particularly dynamic level of activity, with traffic rising 16.3% on 13.7% higher capacity. The load factor reached 85.2%, up 1.9 points.

Activity on Asian routes remained buoyant, with traffic increasing by 15.1% on 11.9% higher capacity. The load factor gained 2.3 points to reach 82.7%.

On the Africa and the Middle East network, traffic increased by 14.3% while capacity was up 12.3%. The load factor rose 1.4 points to reach 80.7%.

On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean sector, traffic increased by 2.6% on nearly stable capacity (0.8 point). The load factor improved by 1.5 points to 84.3%.

The European network continued to post a good performance with traffic increasing 7.1% on 3.5% higher capacity. Load factor rose 2.3 points to reach 66.6%.

Cargo operations

Cargo activity improved strongly in December with an 7.5% increase in traffic while capacity was up 9.0%. The load factor reached 70.4% (-1 point).

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