ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 7.8% in February

Miami (April 1st, 2014) – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 12.8 million passengers in February, up 7.8% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 6.4% and capacity (ASK) increased 1.3%, bringing up the load factor to 79.4%, 3.8 percentage points higher than in February 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 7.3% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 27.8 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 6.2%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.7%, and the passenger load factor reached 80.0%, 2.6 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers increased 1.3% in February and 3.7% year-to-date.