KLM welcomed 3,087,000 passengers in July, an increase of 6.5% against a 2.4% increase in available capacity. Last year the airline transported 2,900,000 passengers in July. This brings the load factor to a record high of 91.7%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared to the same month last year. At Transavia, capacity, passenger numbers, and occupancy rates also increased.
Pieter Elbers, KLM President & CEO commented:
With these excellent traffic figures in the first half-year of 2017 behind us, July’s figures offer a promising start to the second half-year. We’re well on the way towards our combined goal of forty million passengers for KLM and Transavia in 2017
At KLM Cargo, the 2.3% drop in cargo transport was less strong than the 3.2% decrease in capacity, which increased the cargo load factor by 0.6 percentage point.
An improved load factor for Air France and Hop! as well, with an increase of 1.6 percentage points to 88.8% . The French airline welcomed 4,906,000 passengers, an increase of 5.8% compared to July 2016 with 4,639,000 passengers.
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