ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 5.5% in May

Miami, July 3, 2014- The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 13.5 million passengers in May, up 5.5% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 6.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 2.5%, bringing up the load factor to 78.8%, 3.1 percentage points higher than in May 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 6.5% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 68.2 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 6.3%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.1%, and the passenger load factor reached 79.1%, 3.1 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers increased 3.9% in May but declined 0.3% year-to-date.