This August Brussels Airlines welcomed 11% more passengers compared to the same month last year. Both the European, African and North Atlantic markets recorded good growth rates. The seat load factor increased by 2.8 percentage points to 85%.
The passenger growth also led to a significant increase of the seat load factor (+2.8 percentage points). 85% of all seats offered by Brussels Airlines in August were sold.
The freight volumes transported in the belly of Brussels Airlines’ passenger flights also increased in August. The cargo load factor increased by 9 percentage points and the Revenue Ton Kilometers increased by 16.1%
These statistics do not include the passengers on board of the many charter flights Brussels Airlines operates on behalf of tour operators.
| Month | Month | VLY difference in % | |
| aug-17 | aug-16 | ||
| Flights | 6,810 | 6,728 | 1.2% |
| Total Passengers | 825,157 | 743,311 | 11.0% |
| — Passengers Europe | 662,869 | 599,952 | 10.5% |
| — Passengers Africa | 93,225 | 88,071 | 5.9% |
| — Passengers North America | 38,776 | 35,676 | 8.7% |
| — Passengers Middle East | 21,812 | 19,612 | 11.2% |
| — Passengers Asia | 8,475 | / | / |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 1,763,039,541 | 1,598,334,855 | 10.3% |
| Revenue Passenger-Kilometers (RPK) | 1,498,576,922 | 1,313,616,020 | 14.1% |
| Passenger Load Factor (%) | 85.0% | 82.2% | 2.8%pt |
| Available Ton-Kilometers (ATK) | 211,548 | 190,923 | 10.8% |
| Revenue Ton-Kilometers (RTK) | 169,475 | 146,015 | 16.1% |
| Cargo Load Factor (%) | 66.0% | 57.0% | 9.0%pt |
| These figures are based on passenger data available at the time of release. Monday, September 11, 2017 | |||
This post was published on 11 September 2017 14:52
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