The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 23.2 million passengers in July, up 6.1% - or 1,330,000 more passengers - from the previous year.  Traffic (RPK) grew 11.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 10.9%, bringing up the load factor to 85.4%, 0.6 percentage points higher than in July 2016.   (see table 1). 

Comparing 2017 vs. 2016

Traffic to/from Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 2.4 million passengers to and from Latin America and the Caribbean in July, up 11.9% from the previous year (see table 2). Traffic (RPK) grew 12.9% and capacity (ASK) increased 14.2%, bringing the load factor to 87.6%, equivalent to 1 percentage points lower than in July 2016.

Domestic Deployed Seat Capacity in Latin America & Caribbean     International Deployed Seat Capacity in Latin America & Caribbean

Reporting airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas (includes Austral), Aeromar, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, Avianca, Avianca Brasil, Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia, Insel Air, LATAM Airlines Group, Sky Airline and Volaris.

Additional Sources: SCT Mexico, ANAC Brazil, JAC Chile, Aerocivil Colombia

Glossary
RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometers) number of passengers carried times the distance traveled | ASK (Available Seat Kilometers) number of seats available for sale times the distance traveled | PLF Passenger Load Factor, obtained by dividing the RPKs by the ASKs | FTK (Freight Ton Kilometers) number of tons of freight carried times the distance traveled

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The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 23.2 million passengers in July, up 6.1% - or 1,330,000 more passengers - from the previous year.  Traffic (RPK) grew 11.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 10.9%, bringing up the load factor to 85.4%, 0.6 percentage points higher than in July 2016.   (see table 1). 

Comparing 2017 vs. 2016

Traffic to/from Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 2.4 million passengers to and from Latin America and the Caribbean in July, up 11.9% from the previous year (see table 2). Traffic (RPK) grew 12.9% and capacity (ASK) increased 14.2%, bringing the load factor to 87.6%, equivalent to 1 percentage points lower than in July 2016.

Domestic Deployed Seat Capacity in Latin America & Caribbean     International Deployed Seat Capacity in Latin America & Caribbean

Reporting airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas (includes Austral), Aeromar, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, Avianca, Avianca Brasil, Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia, Insel Air, LATAM Airlines Group, Sky Airline and Volaris.

Additional Sources: SCT Mexico, ANAC Brazil, JAC Chile, Aerocivil Colombia

Glossary
RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometers) number of passengers carried times the distance traveled | ASK (Available Seat Kilometers) number of seats available for sale times the distance traveled | PLF Passenger Load Factor, obtained by dividing the RPKs by the ASKs | FTK (Freight Ton Kilometers) number of tons of freight carried times the distance traveled

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