Aeromexico Sets Passenger Record with 32 Percent Increase in July

Aeromexico Sets Passenger Record with 32 Percent Increase in July
By Kate Rice

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B de C.V., the largest intercontinental airline in Mexico, has reported its operating statistics for July. Total passenger traffic for the month increased by 32 percent, year over year, reaching a total of 1.385 million -- the highest number recorded for any month in the company's history.

For July, international passenger traffic grew by 51 percent and domestic traffic increased by 25 percent. In the first seven months of the year, the total number of passengers transported by Aeromexico increased by 33 percent over the previous year, with a total of 8.149 million passengers.

Year-over-year demand, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs), registered an increase of 29 percent in July, while capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometers (ASKs), increased by 19 percent. This resulted in an itinerary load factor for July of 86.9 percent, which was also the highest monthly load factor in the company's history, 6.4 percentage points higher than July 2010.

Grupo Aeromexico operates its main hub out of Terminal 2 in the Mexico City International Airport. The group's airlines operate over 550 daily flights to cities in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and Europe and Asia. Aeromexico is a founding member of SkyTeam, the global airline alliance comprised of 14 airlines.