Positive June 2006 Traffic Results for Air France-KLM

In June 2006, levels of activity at Air France-KLM remained strong, with traffic rising 7.1% on 5.8% higher capacity. The load factor reached 82.4%, a 0.9-point improvement. The group carried 6.6 million passengers, up 5.9%. In line with previous months, the strength of traffic, particularly in the premium segment, as well as the rise in yield in the economy segment, enabled the group to post a significant increase in the unit revenue per  available seat kilometer.

On the Americas, the load factor reached a very high level of 90.3% (up 2 points), with traffic increasing by 6.2% on 3.9% higher capacity.

Asian routes also recorded a good performance with the load factor improving by 1.8 points to 86.3%, as traffic rose 13.5% on 11.1% higher capacity.

The Africa and Middle East network remained buoyant with traffic up 8.5%. As capacity increased by 11.6%, the load factor slipped 2.1 points to 74.1%.

On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean sector, capacity was reduced by 4% while traffic was down 4.1%. The load factor remained stable at 75.9%.

The European network traffic increased by 6.8% on 5.3% higher capacity. The load factor reached 76.2%, up 1 point.

Cargo operations

In June, cargo traffic increased by 4.6% on 3.7% higher capacity. The cargo load factor improved by 0.6 points to 65.3%.

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