Air France-KLM posts passenger traffic rise of +7.1% in June – 07/07/06

FRANCE. Air France-KLM said today that June passenger traffic was up +7.1% with capacity rising +5.8% and the load factor increasing marginally to 82.4%.

The group carried 6.6 million passengers in the month. Air France-KLM said: “In line with previous months, the strength of traffic, particularly in the premium segment, as well as the rise in yield in the economy segment, enabled the Group to post a significant increase in the unit revenue per available seat kilometre.”

In the Americas, passenger traffic rose by +6.2%; in Asia Pacific the figure was up +13.5%; in Africa and the Middle East, activity was buoyant with traffic up +8.5%; in the Caribbean & Indian Ocean sector, traffic fell by -4.1%; and in Europe, traffic increased by +6.8%.

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