The number of passengers on international flights 246 thousand in June
The Company carried 246 thousand passengers on international flights in June.
The number of passengers was up by 15% as compared to June last year. The
capacity increase compared to June 2011 was 15%. The passenger load factor
was 82.5% and improved by 1.7 percentage points between years. The number of
passengers on the Trans-Atlantic market increased by 24% compared to June in
previous year and the increase in number of tourists visiting Iceland was 17%.
Passengers on regional flights and Greenland flights were approximately 35
thousand in June, which was a 5% increase from June last year. The load factor
was 71.1%, increasing by 0.4 percentage points compared to June 2011. Sold
block hours in charter flights decreased by 7% in June. The decrease is due to
one less aircraft being deployed in charter cargo flights than last year. Cargo
transport increased by 20% as compared to June last year. The number of
available room nights at our hotels was up by 13% from previous year. The room
utilization was 75.3%, 2.7 percentage points higher than in June 2011.