ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 1.8% in September 2014

Miami, November 10, 2014- The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 14.2 million passengers in September, up 1.8% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 3.1% and capacity (ASK) increased 2.0%, bringing up the load factor to 79.3%, 0.8 percentage points higher than in September 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 5.3% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 132.0 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 5.7%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.5%, and the passenger load factor reached 79.5%, 2.4 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers declined 11.5% in September and 1.1% year-to-date.