ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 3.6% in February

Miami, April 15, 2013 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 11.8 million passengers in February, up 3.6% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 4.8% and capacity (ASK) increased 2.8%, bringing up the load factor to 75.6%, 1.5 percentage points higher than in February 2012.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 4.9% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 25.9 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 6.3%, capacity (ASK) increased 4.5%, and the passenger load factor reached 77.3%, 1.3 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers increased 3.9% in February and 0.8% year-to-date.