The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that ALTA member airlines carried 11.7 million passengers in July, up 6.5% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil (see table 1). Traffic (RPK) grew 7% and capacity (ASK) increased 3.8%, bringing up the load factor to 85.6%, equivalent to 2.5 percentage points higher than in July 2015. Freight ton kilometers decreased 6.6% in July 2016 as compared with the same month the previous year, reaching 340 million FTKs.
ALTA member airlines "“ including Brazil domestic traffic "“ carried 17.1 million passengers in July, down 1.29% – or 330,000 fewer passengers – from the previous year (see table 2). Traffic (RPK) grew 3.7% and capacity (ASK) increased 0.9%, bringing the load factor up to 85.5%, 2.3 percentage points higher than in July 2015. Freight ton kilometers decreased 5.1% in July 2016 as compared with the same month of the previous year, reaching 368 million FTKs.
