LATAM Airlines Group Reports Traffic Decrease

LATAM Airlines Group has released its monthly traffic statistics for July 2014. Compared to July of 2013, System passenger traffic has decreased by 1.4 percent while capacity decreased by 3.2 percent.

As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 1.6 points to 84.7 percent. International passenger traffic made up roughly 51 percent of the month’s total passenger traffic.

The group’s Spanish speaking destination (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia) had their domestic passenger traffic increase to 5.0 percent and capacity rise by 2.1 percent. As a consequence, the domestic passenger load factor increased 2.2 points to 80.9 percent.

Domestic passenger traffic in Brazil decreased by 7.8 percent, while capacity decreased by 7.0 percent. As a consequence, the domestic Brazil passenger load factor decreased 0.7 points to 83.8 percent.

International passenger traffic increased by 1.3 percent, while capacity decreased by 2.2 percent. Accordingly, the international passenger load factor for the month increased 3.0 points to 86.6 percent. International traffic includes international operations of both LAN and TAM on regional and long haul routes.

Source: IMR