Press Release: Air France KLM Traffic Results August 2010.
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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)
August Year to date
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 (1.2%) (1.3%)
(RPK) 19,098 19,335 88,077 89,254
Available seat-kilometers (0.9%) (3.1%)
(ASK) 22,606 22,808 105,903 109,247
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 (1.4%) (5.3%)
(RPK) 3,631 3,682 17,133 18,086
Available seat-kilometers (2.8%) (8.1%)
(ASK) 4,709 4,845 22,722 24,720
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 (2.1%) (2.3%)
(RPK) 6,551 6,694 30,046 30,758
Available seat-kilometers (1.3%) (3.7%)
(ASK) 7,423 7,523 34,095 35,404
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 (0.3%) 2.9%
(RPK) 4,205 4,218 19,789 19,236
Available seat-kilometers (0.2%) 0.0%
(ASK) 4,776 4,787 22,762 22,760
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 (2.7%) (0.1%)
pax-kilometers,(RPK) 2,713 2,788 12,413 12,421
Available (0.1%) (1.3%)
seat-kilometers,(ASK) 3,254 3,256 15,323 15,522
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 2.3% (0.7%)
(RPK) 1,998 1,953 8,696 8,754
Available seat-kilometers 1.9% 1.5%
(ASK) 2,444 2,397 11,001 10,841
Load factor (%) 81.7% 81.5% 0.3 79.0% 80.8% (1.7)
Cargo activity (in millions)
August Year to date
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)
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