JANUARY 2006 TRAFFIC
Buoyant passenger activity: strong increase in traffic (up 9.5%) and improvement in load factor (up 1.0 point to 79.0%)

Passenger operations
In January, Air France-KLM posted a further strong increase in both activity levels and traffic revenues. Traffic increased by 9.5% on 8.1% higher capacity. The load factor improved by 1.0 point to reach the high level of 79.0%. The number of passenger carried increased by 6.9% to more than 5.4 million. On the Americas activity remained buoyant with traffic rising 13.9% in line with capacity (up 13.5%). The load factor reached 83.9% (up 0.3 points).

The Asian network posted a strong performance with load factor increasing by 2.5 points to 84.5% as traffic increased by 12.5% on 9.2% higher capacity.

The Africa & Middle-East network continued to post a high level of activity with traffic increasing by 11.3% on 10.6% higher capacity. The load factor stood at 78.9% (up 0.5 points).

On the Caribbean & Indian Ocean sector, traffic decreased slightly (down 0.7%) on virtually stable capacity (up 0.5%). The load factor stood at the good level of 86.1% (down 1.0 point).

The European network continued to post a good performance with traffic increasing 6.2% on 3.9% higher capacity. Load factor rose 1.4 points to reach 63.0%.

Cargo operations
In January, Cargo activity posted a 2.2% increase in traffic while capacity was up 4.0%. The load factor reached 62.2% (down 1.1 points).

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Bron : Air France-KLM