ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 9.1% in October

Miami, December 11, 2012 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 12.9 million passengers in October, up 9.1% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 7.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 4.6%, bringing up the load factor to 75.8%, 2.1 percentage points higher than in October 2011.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 7.2% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 124.0 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 8.0%, capacity (ASK) increased 6.3%, and the passenger load factor reached 76.4%, 1.2 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers decreased 2.0% in October and increased 5.2% year-to-date.