7th August 2012
July 2012 Traffic
Passenger: 1.1% rise in traffic and good progress of unit revenues excurrency
Cargo: 5.5% decline in traffic with 2.5 point lower load factor
In order to facilitate year on year comparison passenger data has been restated to include the passenger business of
Martinair.
Passenger business
July 2012 traffic rose 1.1% for capacity up 1.6%, leading to a slight (-0.4 point) decline in load factor, which
remained at the high level of 86.9%. The number of passengers amounted to 7.43 million, up 1.5%.
Unit revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) ex-currency was up relative to July 2011.
On the Americas network traffic and capacity rose by 2.0% and 1.5% respectively. The load factor improved by 0.4 points
to 90.7%.
The Asia network saw traffic rise by 3.3% for capacity up by 5.6%. The load factor declined by 2.0 points to 89.4%.
The Africa and Middle East network saw a decline in traffic of 4.0% with capacity down by 4.1%. The load factor was
stable at 85.1% (+0.1 point).
On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network traffic declined by 3.3% for capacity down 5.7%. The load factor gained 2.1
points to 85.5%.
The European network recorded a 3.2% rise in traffic for capacity up by 5.2% under the effect of the provincial bases.
The load factor declined by 1.6 points to 80.4%.
Cargo business
The cargo business saw a 5.5% decline in traffic for capacity down 1.6%. The load factor stood at 61.6%
(-2.5 points). Unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) ex-currency was lower than in July 2011.
STATISTICS
Passenger activity (in millions)
July Year to date
Total Group 2012 2011 Variation 2012 2011 Variation
Passengers carried (000s) 7,425 7,313 1.5% 44,859 43,577 2.9%
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) 21,517 21,272 1.1% 129,070 124,798 3.4%
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) 24,756 24,375 1.6% 155,604 154,055 1.0%
Load factor (%) 86.9% 87.3% (0.4) 82.9% 81.0% 1.9
Europe (including France)
Passengers carried (000s) 5,112 4,965 2.9% 30,904 29,804 3.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) 4,320 4,187 3.2% 25,391 24,239 4.8%
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) 5,373 5,108 5.2% 34,226 33,065 3.5%
Load factor (%) 80.4% 82.0% (1.6) 74.2% 73.3% 0.9
Americas
Passengers carried (000s) 981 982 (0.0%) 5,599 5,461 2.5%
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) 7,542 7,397 2.0% 43,344 41,289 5.0%
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) 8,318 8,194 1.5% 49,200 48,472 1.5%
Load factor (%) 90.7% 90.3% 0.4 88.1% 85.2% 2.9
Asia / Pacific
Passengers carried (000s) 546 541 1.0% 3,425 3,327 3.0%
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) 4,810 4,658 3.3% 29,627 28,388 4.4%
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) 5,382 5,099 5.6% 34,533 33,560 2.9%
Load factor (%) 89.4% 91.4% (2.0) 85.8% 84.6% 1.2
Africa / Middle East
Passengers carried (000s) 462 488 (5.4%) 2,943 2,921 0.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers,(RPK) 2,536 2,642 (4.0%) 16,274 15,948 2.0%
Available seat-kilometers,(ASK) 2,981 3,110 (4.1%) 20,393 20,789 (1.9%)
Load factor (%) 85.1% 85.0% 0.1 79.8% 76.7% 3.1
Caribbean / Indian,Ocean
Passengers carried (000s) 324 337 (3.9%) 1,987 2,064 (3.7%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) 2,309 2,388 (3.3%) 14,435 14,935 (3.3%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) 2,701 2,864 (5.7%) 17,252 18,169 (5.0%)
Load factor (%) 85.5% 83.4% 2.1 83.7% 82.2% 1.5
Cargo activity (in millions)
July Year to date
Total Group 2012 2011 Variation 2012 2011 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 900 952 (5.5%) 6,165 6,582 (6.3%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 1,461 1,486 (1.6%) 9,630 9,859 (2.3%)
Load factor (%) 61.6% 64.1% (2.5) 64.0% 66.8% (2.7)
Europe (including France)
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 6 7 (26.4%) 40 46 (13.4%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 48 51 (6.5%) 309 321 (3.8%)
Load factor (%) 11.5% 14.7% (3.1) 12.9% 14.3% (1.4)
Americas
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 360 374 (3.9%) 2,416 2,615 (7.6%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 597 581 2.8% 3,810 3,804 0.2%
Load factor (%) 60.2% 64.4% (4.2) 63.4% 68.7% (5.3)
Asia / Pacific
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 369 397 (6.9%) 2,504 2,653 (5.6%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 485 527 (8.0%) 3,235 3,473 (6.9%)
Load factor (%) 76.1% 75.2% 0.9 77.4% 76.4% 1.0
Africa / Middle East
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 134 141 (4.7%) 942 1,004 (6.2%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 229 230 (0.5%) 1,591 1,615 (1.5%)
Load factor (%) 58.6% 61.3% (2.6) 59.2% 62.2% (3.0)
Caribbean / Indian Ocean
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) 32 33 (3.7%) 264 264 (0.2%)
Available tonne-km (ATK) 102 96 6.7% 685 646 6.1%
Load factor (%) 31.0% 34.3% (3.3) 38.5% 40.9% (2.4)
ENDS