AIR FRANCE-KLM JANUARY 2010 TRAFFIC RESULTS / Reiseinfos für Geschäftsreisende

Paris - Passenger business: Traffic declined 1.6% in January with capacity reduced by 3.4%, leading to a 1.4 improvement in the load factor to 78.0%. The group carried a total of 5.1 million passengers (-3.2%). Activity levels were affected by the adverse weather conditions as well as two days of strikes by French air traffic controllers. Year-on-year changes benefit from a favourable comparison base, with the exception of the Americas and Africa and Middle East networks which recorded rises in both traffic and capacity in January 2009.

Despite an improvement in long-haul, unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) remained below last year\'s level.

On the Americas network the load factor rose 3.5 points to 83.8% on the back of a decline in traffic of 0.5% and a capacity reduction of 4.6%. Load factors improved in both North and Latin America.
On the Asia network traffic was virtually stable (-0.5%) with capacity down by 1.7%. The load factor gained 1.0 point to 84.6%, confirming the progressive recovery in demand on this network.
On the Africa and Middle East network traffic declined at almost the same rate as capacity (-2.7% and -2.9% respectively). The load factor was slightly up at 76.4% (+0.2 points).
The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network saw a 2.2% drop in traffic while capacity rose 1.4%. As a result, the load factor fell 3.0 points to 80.6%.
On the European network, capacity was reduced by 6.6%. The decline in traffic was more limited at 3.9% leading to a 1.8 point improvement in load factor to 61.6%.

Cargo business

The cargo business benefited from an improved environment, with a slight increase in volumes (+0.6%), a 2.0% rise in traffic and an 11.4% reduction in capacity. The load factor gained 8.5 points to 64.3%. The Asia network saw a marked recovery both in terms of volumes and traffic. Unit revenue per available ton kilometre (RATK) continued to improve, recording a slight rise compared to a year earlier.

STATISTICS

Passenger activity (in millions)

		January		Year to date
Total Group	2010	2009	Variation	2009-10	2008-09	Variation
Passengers carried (000s)	5,085	5,253	(3.2%)	60,721	63,871	(4.9%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK)	15,867	16,125	(1.6%)	171,697	178,969	(4.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK)	20,338	21,058	(3.4%)	212,185	222,180	(4.5%)
Load factor (%)	78.0%	76.6%	1.4	80.9%	80.6%	0.4
Europe (including France)
Passengers carried (000s)	3,237	3,387	(4.4%)	41,344	43,868	(5.8%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK)	2,498	2,598	(3.9%)	33,141	34,956	(5.2%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK)	4,055	4,344	(6.6%)	46,839	49,523	(5.4%)
Load factor (%)	61.6%	59.8%	1.8	70.8%	70.6%	0.2
Americas
Passengers carried (000s)	661	664	(0.5%)	7,788	8,138	(4.3%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK)	5,065	5,090	(0.5%)	58,022	60,758	(4.5%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK)	6,045	6,340	(4.6%)	67,030	71,680	(6.5%)
Load factor (%)	83.8%	80.3%	3.5	86.6%	84.8%	1.8
Asia / Pacific
Passengers carried (000s)	457	453	1.0%	4,506	4,729	(4.7%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK)	3,838	3,858	(0.5%)	38,674	40,839	(5.3%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK)	4,536	4,616	(1.7%)	45,611	48,141	(5.3%)
Load factor (%)	84.6%	83.6%	1.0	84.8%	84.8%	(0.0)
Africa / Middle East
Passengers carried (000s)	443	453	(2.2%)	4,632	4,621	0.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers,(RPK)	2,374	2,439	(2.7%)	24,406	24,347	0.2%
Available seat-kilometers,(ASK)	3,106	3,198	(2.9%)	30,960	30,421	1.8%
Load factor (%)	76.4%	76.3%	0.2	78.8%	80.0%	(1.2)
Caribbean / Indian,Ocean
Passengers carried (000s)	287	297	(3.3%)	2,450	2516	(2.6%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK)	2,092	2,140	(2.2%)	17,454	18,070	(3.4%)
Available seat-kilometers (ASK)	2,596	2,561	1.4%	21,745	22,416	(3.0%)
Load factor (%)	80.6%	83.6%	(3.0)	80.3%	80.6%	(0.3)

Cargo activity (in millions)

		January		Year to date
Total Group	2010	2009 *	Variation	2009-10	2008-09 *	Variation
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	865	848	2.0%	9,267	11,038	(16.1%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	1,345	1,517	(11.4%)	14,132	17,053	(17.1%)
Load factor (%)	64.3%	55.9%	8.5	65.6%	64.7%	0.8
Europe (including France)
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	6	6	(1.7%)	62	64	(4.4%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	38	37	1.0%	423	446	(5.1%)
Load factor (%)	14.9%	15.3%	(0.4)	14.6%	14.4%	0.1
Americas
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	331	339	(2.4%)	3,491	3,939	(11.4%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	503	572	(12.0%)	5,369	5,989	(10.4%)
Load factor (%)	65.7%	59.2%	6.5	65.0%	65.8%	(0.7)
Asia / Pacific
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	347	322	7.7%	3,868	5,082	(23.9%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	450	555	(18.8%)	5,060	7,322	(30.9%)
Load factor (%)	77.1%	58.0%	19.0	76.4%	69.4%	7.0
Africa / Middle East
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	146	140	3.9%	1,454	1,493	(2.6%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	251	246	2.0%	2,353	2,303	2.1%
Load factor (%)	58.0%	57.0	1.1	61.8%	64.8%	(3.0)
Caribbean / Indian Ocean
Revenue tonne-km (RTK)	36	41	(12.6%)	392	460	(14.8%)
Available tonne-km (ATK)	102	107	(4.4%)	927	992	(6.6%)
Load factor (%)	35.1%	38.3%	(3.3)	42.3%	46.4%	(4.1)