ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 10.3% in November

Miami, January 15, 2013 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 12.9 million passengers in November, up 10.3% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 10.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 4.7%, bringing up the load factor to 77%, 4.1 percentage points higher than in November 2011.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 7.5% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 136.9 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 8.3%, capacity (ASK) increased 6.2%, and the passenger load factor reached 76.5%, 1.5 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers increased 1.5% in November and decreased 2.5% year-to-date.