ALTA pax up 5% in Jul-2019, cargo traffic up 1%

Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) reported (16-Sep-2019) the following traffic highlights for Jul-2019:

• Passengers: 28.7 million, +4.5% year-on-year;
  
  • Domestic: 21.5 million, +3.9%;
  • Intra-Latin America (international): 4.1 million, +1.9%;
  • Extra-Latin America: 3.2 million, +12.3%;
    
    • North America: 2.5 million, +4.6%;
    • Europe: 631,818, +55.7%;
    • Asia Pacific: 64,810, +17.8%;
    • Africa: 7980, -2.1%;
    • Middle East: 5865;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): +5.6%;
• Capacity (ASKs): +4.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 85.1%, +0.6ppt;
  
  • Domestic: 84.3%, +0.2ppt;
  • Intra-Latin America: 83.8%, +0.7ppt;
  • Extra-Latin America: 87.0%, +0.7ppt;
    
    • Europe: 87.4%, -0.3ppt;
    • North America: 86.9%, +1.4ppts;
    • Africa: 86.0%, +4.7ppts;
    • Asia Pacific: 85.7%, -3.1ppts;
    • Middle East: 81.4%;
• Cargo traffic (FTKs): +0.8%;
  
  • Domestic: +1.0%
  • Intra-Latin America: +1.2%;
  • Extra-Latin America: +0.5%. [more - original PR]