Airlines for America: Pax up 1%, load factor down in Aug-2013

Airlines for America reported (25-Sep-2013) the following traffic highlights for Aug-2013:

• Passenger enplanements: 50.0 million, +0.8% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 42.2 million, stable;
  • International: 7.8 million, +5.4%;
  • • Trans-Atlantic: 2.8 million, +5.5%;
    • Latin America: 3.8 million, +7.9%;
    • Asia Pacific: 1.3 million, -1.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 86.7%, -0.5 ppt;
• • Domestic: 86.3%, -1.1 ppt;
  • International: 87.5%, +0.7 ppt;
  • • Trans-Atlantic: 89.4%, +2.6 ppts;
    • Latin America: 83.7%, -1.5 ppt;
    • Asia Pacific: 88.0%, -0.2 ppt.