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Leisure traffic was slightly less dynamic than in August 2009 which had seen robust levels of activity. Traffic declined by 1.2% for capacity down by 0.9%. The load factor remained high at 84.5%. The group carried 6.5 million passengers (-0.8%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) continued to improve and was well up on August 2009. Forward bookings for the coming months show a positive trend.
- On the Americas network, traffic fell 2.1% with capacity down 1.3%. The load factor declined by 0.7 points, but remained at the high level of 88.3%.
- Traffic and capacity on the Asia network were almost stable (-0.3% and -0.2% respectively). The load factor amounted to 88.0% (-0.1%).
- Traffic was weaker on the Africa and Middle East network, but Ramadan started at the beginning of August. Traffic dropped 2.7%, with stable capacity (-0.1%). The load factor declined by 2.3 points to 83.4%.
- On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, traffic rose by 2.3% with capacity up by 1.9%. The laod factor gained 0.3 points to 81.7%
- The European network saw a 1.1 point rise in load factor to 77.1%, with the decline in traffic of 1.4% being half that of capacity (-2.8%).
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