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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

ALTA Member Airlines Passenger Traffic Increases 8.0% in September

Miami, November 26, 2012 – The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its member airlines carried 12.5 million passengers in September, up 8.0% from the previous year.

Traffic (RPK) grew 7.5% and capacity (ASK) increased 2.5%, bringing up the load factor to 77.9%, 3.6 percentage points higher than in September 2011.

The number of passengers carried year-to-date increased 7.0% versus the same period of the previous year, reaching 111.1 million passengers. During the aforementioned period, traffic (RPK) rose 8.1%, capacity (ASK) increased 6.5%, and the passenger load factor reached 76.5%, 1.1 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Freight ton kilometers decreased 5.2% in September and increased 6.0% year-to-date.

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