Tuesday April 7, 08:25 AM
Air France-KLM says March traffic falls sharply
PARIS, (AFP) - Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, said that its March passenger traffic fell sharply as the economic situation got worse.
"March saw another, sharp deterioration in the (economic) environment," it said in a statement, noting that a near three-percent fall in capacity was not enough to offset the wider downturn, with revenues slipping accordingly.
It said it carried 5.6 million passengers in March, down 9.8 percent from February, with the load factor -- seats filled -- falling 5.5 percentage points to 75.5 percent.
Cargo traffic was up 1.3 percent, it said, but this was because figures for Dutch freight operator Martinair were included.
If Marinair was excluded, cargo traffic in March was down 19.2 percent.
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