AIR FRANCE KLM: APRIL 2013 TRAFFIC

 Passenger: 2.3% rise in traffic
 Cargo: slight improvement in load factor Passenger

The April 2013 passenger business recorded a 2.3% rise in traffic for capacity up by 2.9% on the back of the opening of new long-haul routes. The load factor stood at 82.8% (-0.4 points). The group carried 6.6 million passengers (+1.9%). Unit revenue par available seat kilometre (RASK) ex-currency was stable versus April 2012.

 On the Americas network traffic rose by 3.2% for capacity up by 4.3% (opening of Minneapolis in the United States and Montevideo in Uruguay as well as strong increase in capacity to Rio de Janeiro), leading to a one point decline in load factor to 87.0%.

 The Asia network also saw significant capacity development with routes to Fukuoka (Japan) and Kuala-Lumpur (Malaysia) as well as added capacity to China. Overall capacity therefore increased by 8.8%, a rise which was almost matched by traffic (+8.2%). The load factor stood at 84.9% (-0.4 points).

 On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic declined by 0.9% for capacity up by 2.0%. The load factor gave up 2.3 points to 78.3%.

 The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network recorded a 6.8% decline in capacity. Traffic was down by 5.7%, leading to a one point rise in load factor to 84.7%.

 The European network saw traffic up by 0.8% for capacity up by 0.5%. The load factor stood at 76.4%, up by 0.3 points.
Cargo

In April 2013 the decline in cargo traffic was inferior to the reduction in capacity (-4.6% and -5.0% respectively). The load factor gained 0.3 points to 64.4%. Unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) ex-currency was down versus April 2012.

Recent developments
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Air France-KLM and Etihad reinforced their code sharing agreements for the Summer 2013 season on flights to Australia for the group, and certain European destinations for Etihad.

Air France became the first airline to launch a digital press service via iPad, giving passengers access to free downloads of a selection of newspapers and magazines.
May 14th 2013