28-Sep-2011 1:00 PM
US airline passenger numbers flat in Aug-2011 - ATA
Air Transport Association (ATA) reports (27-Sep-2011) the following traffic highlights for its member airlines in Aug-2011:
- Passenger numbers: 48.6 million, +0.2% year-on-year;
- Domestic: 41.3 million, +0.4%;
- International: 7.2 million, -0.5%;
- Trans-Atlantic: 2.7 million, -0.7%;
- Latin America: 3.3 million, -2.0%;
- Asia Pacific: 1.3 million, +4.1%;
- Load factor: 86.3%, +0.2 ppt;
- Domestic: 86.6%, +0.3 ppt;
- International: 85.7%, -0.1ppt;
- Trans-Atlantic: 86.9%, +0.4 ppt;
- Latin America: 83.3%, +0.3 ppt;
- Asia Pacific: 85.9%, -1.6 ppt. [more]