Air France-KLM pax up 6% at 7.6m in Aug-2017, 90% load factor

Air France-KLM reported (09-Sep-2017) the following traffic highlights for Air France, KLM and HOP! for Aug-2017:

• Passengers: 7.6 million, +5.6% year-on-year;
  • Long haul: 2.6 million, +2.6%;
    • North America: 820,000, +6.1%;
    • Asia Pacific: 560,000, -0.7%;
    • Africa and Middle East: 542,000, +4.4%;
    • Caribbean and Indian Ocean: 351,000, +2.1%;
    • Latin America: 281,000, -2.7%;
  • Short and Medium haul: 5.1 million, +7.2%;
• Passenger load factor: 89.6%, +1.5ppts;
  • Long haul: 90.7%, +1.3ppts;
    • Asia Pacific: 92.3%, +0.6ppt;
    • Latin America: 91.2%, +2.7ppts;
    • North America: 90.8%, +2.5ppts;
    • Caribbean and Indian Ocean: 89.3%, +0.4ppt;
    • Africa and Middle East: 88.4%, stable;
  • Short and Medium haul: 85.5%, +2.5ppts. [more - original PR]