June saw a further significant recovery in the passenger and cargo businesses, both in terms of traffic and unit revenues. This reflects an improvement in demand as well as prudent capacity management.
Roissy, Amstelveen – Passenger
- Strong rise in traffic (+4.7%)
- Rise in load factor (+3.5 points) to 83.8%
Cargo
- Increase in traffic (+0.8%)
- Improvement in load factor (+2.4 points) to 67.7%
June saw a further significant recovery in the passenger and cargo businesses, both in terms of traffic and unit revenues. This reflects an improvement in demand as well as prudent capacity management.
Passenger business
Traffic rose 4.7% in June for capacity up slightly, by 0.4%, leading to a 3.5 point increase in load factor to 83.8%. The number of passengers amounted to 6.5 million (+1.3%).
Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) excluding currency rose strongly compared with June 2009, driven by both the economy and premium classes. In long-haul the rise was especially marked on the Asia, North America and Latin America networks. In medium-haul, the Paris-Europe routes continued to benefit from the launch of the ‚Premium eco‘ product, adapted to the business traveler, and which has enjoyed a positive response from customers.
- On the Americas network, traffic was up 1.9% for capacity slightly reduced by 1.8%. The load factor gained 3.2 points to 90.0%.
- Traffic on the Asia network rose strongly by 14.1%, for capacity up 3.9%. The load factor jumped 7.9 points to 88.8%.
- On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic rose 9.0% for capacity up 3.9%. The load factor gained 3.8 points to 81.8%.
- On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, traffic was up 0.5% with capacity up by 8.0%. The load factor declined 5.4 points to 72.7%.
- Capacity continues to be adapted on the European network (-4.7%). Traffic declined slightly
(-0.8%), leading to a load factor of 75.9%, up 3.0 points.
Cargo business
Cargo traffic rose 0.8% with capacity down 2.8%. The load factor gained 2.4 points to 67.7%. Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) was up strongly compared with June 2009.
STATISTICS
Passenger activity (in millions)
|
|
|
June |
|
|
Year to date |
||
|
Total Group |
2010 |
2009 |
Variation |
|
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
Variation |
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
6,454 |
6,371 |
1.3% |
|
17,623 |
18,703 |
(5.8%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
17,881 |
17,073 |
4.7% |
|
49,282 |
50,467 |
(2.3%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
21,329 |
21,250 |
0.4% |
|
60,435 |
63,578 |
(4.9%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
83.8% |
80.3% |
3.5 |
|
81.5% |
79.4% |
2.2 |
|
Europe (including France) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
4,455 |
4,470 |
(0.3%) |
|
12,085 |
13,091 |
(7.7%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
3,559 |
3,587 |
(0.8%) |
|
9,689 |
10,536 |
(8.0%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
4,691 |
4,924 |
(4.7%) |
|
13,190 |
14,828 |
(11.0%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
75.9% |
72.8% |
3.0 |
|
73.5% |
71.1% |
2.4 |
|
Americas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
842 |
831 |
1.3% |
|
2,259 |
2,335 |
(3.2%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
6,240 |
6,126 |
1.9% |
|
16,788 |
17,265 |
(2.8%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
6,934 |
7,059 |
(1.8%) |
|
19,226 |
20,322 |
(5.4%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
90.0% |
86.8% |
3.2 |
|
87.3% |
85.0% |
2.4 |
|
Asia / Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
472 |
416 |
13.6% |
|
1,307 |
1,269 |
3.0% |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
4,075 |
3,572 |
14.1% |
|
11,276 |
10,919 |
3.3% |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
4,588 |
4,414 |
3.9% |
|
13,203 |
13,302 |
(0.7%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
88.8% |
80.9% |
7.9 |
|
85.4% |
82.1% |
3.3 |
|
Africa / Middle East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
485 |
454 |
6.8% |
|
1,310 |
1,321 |
(0.8%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers,(RPK) |
2,584 |
2,371 |
9.0% |
|
6,853 |
6,878 |
(0.4%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers,(ASK) |
3,159 |
3,040 |
3.9% |
|
8,732 |
9,029 |
(3.3%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
81.8% |
78.0% |
3.8 |
|
78.5% |
76.2% |
2.3 |
|
Caribbean / Indian,Ocean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried (000s) |
200 |
201 |
(0.7%) |
|
662 |
688 |
(3.8%) |
|
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) |
1,424 |
1,416 |
0.5% |
|
4,675 |
4,868 |
(4.0%) |
|
Available seat-kilometers (ASK) |
1,957 |
1,813 |
8.0% |
|
6,084 |
6,098 |
(0.2%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
72.7% |
78.1% |
(5.4) |
|
76.9% |
79.8% |
(3.0) |
Cargo activity (in millions)
|
|
|
June |
|
|
Year to date |
||
|
Total Group |
2010 |
2009 |
Variation |
|
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
Variation |
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
944 |
937 |
0.8% |
|
2,812 |
2,741 |
2.6% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
1,396 |
1,436 |
(2.8%) |
|
4,041 |
4,338 |
(6.8%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
67.7% |
65.3% |
2.4 |
|
69.6% |
63.2% |
6.4 |
|
Europe (including France) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
6 |
6 |
(5.6%) |
|
17 |
19 |
(9.1%) |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
43 |
43 |
(0.6%) |
|
122 |
132 |
(7.5%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
13.5% |
14.2% |
(0.7) |
|
13.9% |
14.1% |
(0.2) |
|
Americas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
364 |
349 |
4.2% |
|
1,077 |
1,021 |
5.5% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
543 |
561 |
(3.1%) |
|
1,547 |
1,651 |
(6.3%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
67.0% |
62.3% |
4.7 |
|
69.6% |
61.9% |
7.8 |
|
Asia / Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
389 |
395 |
(1.4%) |
|
1,163 |
1,133 |
2.6% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
489 |
509 |
(4.0%) |
|
1,441 |
1,566 |
(7.9%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
79.6% |
77.6% |
2.1 |
|
80.7% |
72.4% |
8.3 |
|
Africa / Middle East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
151 |
148 |
2.1% |
|
445 |
440 |
1.2% |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
241 |
235 |
2.6% |
|
683 |
708 |
(3.5%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
62.9% |
63.2% |
(0.3) |
|
65.3% |
62.2% |
3.1 |
|
Caribbean / Indian Ocean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue tonne-km (RTK) |
34 |
39 |
(11.2%) |
|
109 |
128 |
(15.2%) |
|
Available tonne-km (ATK) |
81 |
88 |
(8.6%) |
|
249 |
282 |
(12.0%) |
|
Load factor (%) |
42.6% |
43.8% |
(1.3) |
|
43.8% |
45.4% |
(1.7) |
