LATAM Airlines Group pax numbers up 10% in Sep-2012, load factor up

LATAM Airlines Group reports (10-Oct-2012) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 5.3 million, +9.9% year-on-year;
  • Domestic SSC*: 1.4 million, +10.6%;
  • Domestic Brazil**: 2.8 million, +11%;
  • International***: 1.1 million, +6.5%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.4%, +5.1 ppts;
  • Domestic SSC*: 77.5%, -0.3 ppt;
  • Domestic Brazil**: 78.1%, +13.7 ppts;
  • International***: 82.8%, -0.4 ppt;
• Cargo volume:
  • Lan Airlines:
    • Cargo traffic (FTKs): -2.7%;
    • Cargo load factor: 69.3%, -1.3 ppts. [more - original PR]

*Domestic passenger operations in Spanish speaking countries where LATAM Airlines Group operates. Passenger statistics include domestic operations in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia.
**Domestic passenger operations of TAM in Brazil.
***International passenger operations of LAN and TAM.