ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Remains Steady in February

Miami, April 12, 2011 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 10.3 million passengers in February, up 0.1% from the previous year.

In addition to passengers increasing 0.1%, traffic (RPK) grew 1.2% and capacity (ASK) increased 1.5%. The load factor dropped to 74.3%, 0.2 percentage points lower than in February 2010.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date (January to February) increased 1.9% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 22.8 million passengers. During the aforementioned period traffic (RPK) rose 2.1%, capacity (ASK) increased 1.3%, and the passenger load factor reached 76.8%, 0.6 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers increased 8.1% in February and 7.0% year to date.

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.