KLM : Press Release: Air France KLM Traffic Results August 2010.

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Tue Sep 7, 2010 2:01am EDT

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