LATAM Airlines Group pax up 10% in Dec-2012, handles 65 million pax in 2012

LATAM Airlines Group reported (15-Jan-2013) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 5.9 million, +10.1% year-on-year;
    • Domestic SSC*: 1.6 million, +11.0%;
    • Domestic Brazil**: 3.1 million, +9.8%;
    • International***: 1.1 million, +9.5%;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.2%, +1.8 ppt;
    • Domestic SSC*: 78.1%, -0.7 ppt;
    • Domestic Brazil**: 81.9%, +10.5 ppts;
    • International***: 75.7%, -3.7 ppts;
  • Cargo volume:
    
    • LAN Airlines:
      
      • Cargo traffic (FTKs): +3.1%;
      • Cargo load factor: 61.3%, -1.4 ppts;
• 2012:
  • Passenger numbers: 65.0 million, +7.8%;
    • Domestic SSC*: 18.0 million, +16.2%;
    • Domestic Brazil**: 33.6 million, +2.4%;
    • International***: 13.4 million, +11.7%;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.5%, +2.6 ppts;
    
    • Domestic SSC*: 78.7%, +1.0 ppt;
    • Domestic Brazil**: 73.65, +4.8 ppts;
    • International***: 82.0%, +0.9 ppt;
    • Cargo volume:
      
      • LAN Airlines:
        
        • Cargo traffic: -2.4%;
        • Cargo load factor: 58.7%, -1.3 ppt. [more - original PR]

*Domestic passenger operations in Spanish speaking countries carried by LAN. 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