Passenger activity

In March 2007, Air France-KLM posted a strong rise in traffic of 7.5%, while capacity rose by only 3.8%. This resulted in a significant improvement in the load factor, which gained 2.8 points to 82.3%. The Group carried over 6.3 million passengers (+7.4%) during the month.

The Group also posted a significant increase in yield across all classes.

- On the Americas network, traffic increased by 6.9% with a 6.4% rise in capacity; consequently the load factor improved by 0.4 points to 87.5%.

- The Asian network recorded buoyant traffic growth of 8.3%, outpacing the increase in capacity of 4.7%. The load factor gained 2.9 points to 87.9%.
- On the Africa & Middle-East network, traffic increased by 5.9% while capacity was down 1.3%. The load factor therefore gained 5.4 points to 79.7%.

- On the Caribbean & Indian Ocean network, traffic increased by 7.2%, despite a 1.2% reduction in capacity; the load factor therefore gained 6.9 points to 87.8%, in part helped by the March 2006 comparison base, which was affected by the Chikungunya epidemic still rife at the time.

- The European network recorded a vigorous rise in traffic of 8.9% while capacity increased at the lower rate of 5.9%. The load factor stood at 68.9%, up 1.9 points.

During the financial year 2006-07, traffic increased by 5.4% on 4.4% higher capacity. The load factor improved by 0.8 point to reach the high level of 81.4%. The Group carried 73.5 million passengers (+5.0%).

Cargo activity

In March 2007, the cargo load factor was slightly up by 0.8 points to 70.0%, resulting from stable traffic levels (+0.1%) and a reduction in capacity of 1.1%.