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airBaltic transported 2% less passengers in January-March

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 16.04.2012.Print version
Latvian airline airBaltic carried 217,670 passengers in March 2012, representing 7% decrease comparing with the same month in 2011, when airBaltic transported 233,033 passengers. During the three months of 2012, airBaltic transported a total of 589,112 passengers, or 2% less than during the same period in 2011, when the total number of passengers was 599,078.

In March, airBaltic operated 3,746 flights, or 14% less than in March 2011 when airBaltic operated 4,334 flights, informs BC Janis Vanags.

 

The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in March 2012 was at a level of 74% – or 3 percentage points more than in March 2011. The airline achieved a 6 percentage point improvement of load factor to 70% for the first quarter of 2012, compared to the first quarter in 2011.



 

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 95.3% in March 2012. This means that 95 of every 100 airBaltic flights in March departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.

 

 

March ‘12

March ‘11

Change

Number of flights

3,746

4,334

-14%

Number of passengers

217,670

233,033

-7%

Load Factor

74%

71%

3% p.p.

 

January-March ‘12

January-March ‘11

Change

Number of flights

10,637

12,166

-13%

Number of passengers

589,112

599,078

-2%

Load Factor

70%

64%

6% p.p.





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