PARIS: Air France KLM reported 5% increase in passenger traffic but had a no less impressive number for cargo activities in March 2017. A 3% growth of cargo activities on month on month basis and a 1% increase on year on year basis was reported by the company.
The airline had an attractive 63.4% load factor in the month of March 2017 as against 60.4% in the same period a year ago. However, the unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) ex-currency of March 2017 was down compared to March 2016. The above-said numbers are of Transavia, a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and is a Dutch low-cost airline.
The subsidiary company of Air France, Air France Hop cargo activities at a Load factor of 58.1% in March 2017 while in 2016 March it was 53,4%. The difference is 4.7%. And year on year the growth is 2.4%.
And the third, KLM was the load factor was higher in comparison to Transavia and Air France Hop. KLM load factor stood at 68.2% in March 2017, as against 66.7% in the same period a year ago. The year on year change was on a minimal level in the case of KLM cargo activity this year.
