Brazilian carriers experience 73% load factor, 3.47% seat growth in Oct-2012: ABEAR

Brazilian Association of Airlines (ABEAR) announced (22-Nov-2012) its carriers experienced a combined domestic load factor of 73.73% in Oct-2012, carrying 6.6 million passengers on domestic services and growing the number of seats on offer by 3.47% during the month. TAM experienced the highest domestic market share during the month (41.3%), followed by Gol/Webjet (38.77%), Azul/TRIP (13.94%) and Avianca Brazil (5.98%). ABEAR includes Brazilian carriers Azul, Avianca Brazil, Gol, TAM, TRIP and Webjet, and plans to disclose monthly passenger data going forward. [more - original PR - Portuguese]