ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 1.8% in June

Miami, August 8, 2014- The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 13.6 million passengers in June, up 1.8% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 4.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 3.0%, bringing up the load factor to 78.8%, 1.2 percentage points higher than in June 2013.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 6.4% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 85.0 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 6.6%, capacity (ASK) increased 2.9%, and the passenger load factor reached 78.8%, 2.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers declined 4.3% in June and 0.7% year-to-date.