ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 5.7% in August

Published on : Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 15.4 million passengers in August, up 5.7% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 4.3% and capacity (ASK) increased 0.4%, bringing up the load factor to 81.0%, 3.1 percentage points higher than in August 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 5.8% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 117.7 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 5.8%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.4%, and the passenger load factor reached 79.5%, 2.6 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers declined 1.6% in August but increased 0.1% year-to-date.
August
Year-to-date
2014
2013
Change
2014
2013
Change
Passengers
15,408,928
14,577,992
5.7%
117,710,313
111,309,095
5.8%
Intra-LatAm*
13,919,876
13,224,710
5.3%
106,808,173
101,280,929
5.5%
Extra-LatAm
1,489,052
1,353,282
10.0%
10,902,140
10,028,166
8.7%
RPK (millions)
22,646.0
21,716.8
4.3%
175,432.5
165,820.6
5.8%
Intra-LatAm*
15,721.7
15,031.9
4.6%
122,461.2
115,820.2
5.7%
Extra-LatAm
6,924.4
6,684.9
3.6%
52,971.3
50,000.4
5.9%
ASK (millions)
27,956.0
27,858.4
0.4%
220,684.1
215,534.7
2.4%
Intra-LatAm*
19,887.9
19,794.7
0.5%
156,923.0
153,724.2
2.1%
Extra-LatAm
8,068.1
8,063.7
0.1%
63,761.2
61,810.5
3.2%
PLF
81.0%
78.0%
3.1 pts.
79.5%
76.9%
2.6 pts.
Intra-LatAm*
79.1%
75.9%
3.1 pts.
78.0%
75.3%
2.7 pts.
Extra-LatAm
85.8%
82.9%
2.9 pts.
83.1%
80.9%
2.2 pts.
FTK(thousands)
406,575
413,174
-1.6%
3,345,345
3,342,866
0.1%
Intra-LatAm*
146,542
141,183
3.8%
1,097,589
1,081,587
1.5%
Extra-LatAm
260,033
271,991
-4.4%
2,247,756
2,261,279
-0.6%