ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 3.5% in January

Miami, March 9, 2011 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 12.4 million passengers in January, up 3.5% from the previous year.

In addition to passengers increasing 3.5%, traffic (RPK) grew 2.8% and capacity (ASK) increased 1.0%. The load factor climbed to 78.8%, 1.4 percentage points higher than in January 2010.

Freight ton kilometers increased 5.9% in January, reaching 306,680 FTKs.

Reporting airlines: Aerolineas Argentinas (and Austral), Aeromexico, Avianca, COPA Airlines, GOL, LAN Group (including Aires as of January), Mexicana (until August 2010), Mexicana Click (until August 2010), Pluna, Grupo TACA, TAM, TAM Mercosur, Varig Log, and Volaris.