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With load factor improving by 2.2 points to 81.7%, Air France-KLM posted a further strong performance in October 2005. Activity remained robust with traffic increasing by 8.9% on 6% higher capacity. Air France-KLM carried over 6 million passengers (up 5.3%).

The Americas posted a strong rise in both traffic and capacity, which were up 14.3% and 13.3% respectively. Load factor stood at the good level of 86.8% (up 0.8 points). 

Asia saw a further strong improvement in load factor (up 4.8 points to 88.2%), as traffic increased by 10.6% on 4.6% higher capacity.

On the Africa and Middle East routes, traffic grew 4.3% while capacity increased by 7.2%. Load factor slipped 2 points to 75.7%.

On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean sector, traffic increased by 1.8% on stable capacity (-0.3%). Load factor improved by 1.7 points to 82.9%.

On the European network, activity remained buoyant with traffic increasing by 5.8% on a slight rise in capacity (up 0.7%). Load factor rose significantly (up 3.4 points) to reach the high level of 71.9%.

Cargo activity

October 2005 saw further improvement in cargo activity with a rise in traffic (up 3.7%) for the third consecutive month. As capacity increased by 7.4%, cargo load factor slipped 2.5 points to 68.4%.

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