Amstelveen – 2009-07-10

Passenger

• Load factor up 1 point to 81.9%, with greater reduction in capacity (-4.9%)  than decline in traffic (-3.7%)

Cargo

• 2.2 point improvement in load factor to 66.1%

Passenger business
As in the previous two months, September saw a drop in traffic (-3.7%) below the reduction in capacity (-4.9%)  leading  to  a  one point  improvement  in  the  load  factor  to  81.9%.  The  group  carried  6.2 million passengers (-5.3%). Market  conditions are  similar  to  those  prevailing  before  the  summer and  unit revenues remain under pressure.

•  On  the  Americas  network,  the  decline  in  traffic (-3.9%) was  well below  the  reduction  in  capacity (-6.4%). The load factor gained 2.4 points to 88.3%.
• The Asia network continued its slight improvement, with a drop in traffic limited to 3.6% and capacity down 4.4%. The load factor improved by 0.8 points to 87.1%.
• On the Africa and Middle East network traffic rose 0.8% with capacity up by 2.6%. The load factor declined by 1.4 points to 77.4%.
• The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network saw a significant reduction in capacity (-9.5%). Traffic was down 5.4%, leading to a 3.3 point gain in load factor to 75.9%.
• On the European network both capacity and traffic were down by 5.6%.  The load factor was therefore stable at 72.5%.

Cargo business*
The Cargo business saw its load factor improve by 2.2 points to 66.1% on the back of declines in capacity and traffic of 20.0% and 17.2% respectively.
*Both traffic and capacity data for September 2008 are pro-forma including Martinair

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