ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 7.7% in April 2014

Miami, June 4, 2014- The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 13.3 million passengers in April, up 7.7% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 7.9% and capacity (ASK) increased 2.4%, bringing up the load factor to 78.4%, 4.0 percentage points higher than in April 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 6.7% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 54.7 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 6.3%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.0%, and the passenger load factor reached 79.1%, 3.2 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers declined 7.7% in April and 1.3% year-to-date.