www.Parctel.com: In February 2007, Air France-KLM posted a 3.5% rise in traffic, while capacity rose 1.9% (+6.9% in February 2006). The load factor gained 1.2 points to 78.9%. The Group carried over 5.2 million passengers (+4.0%).
As in January 2007, the Group posted a further increase in yield in all segments.
- On the Americas network, traffic increased by 3.2% with a 1.6% rise in capacity; consequently the load factor improved by 1.3 points to 81.6%.
- The Asian activity remained buoyant with traffic up 5.5%, outpacing the increase in capacity of 3.1%. The load factor gained 2.0 points to 87.1%.
- On the Africa & Middle-East network, traffic increased by 2.9% while capacity was up 0.5%. The load factor reached 78.3%, a 1.8 point improvement.
- On the Caribbean & Indian Ocean network, capacity was reduced by 3.8% while traffic remained virtually stable (-0.2%). The load factor therefore gained 3.2 points to 87.3%.
- The European network recorded a rise in traffic of 4.5% while capacity increased by 5.6%. The load factor stood at 63.6%, down 0.7 points.