More traffic for European airlines in September
Carriers handled more passengers and saw higher load factors in September, according to figures from the Association of European Airlines.
Carriers handled more passengers and saw higher load factors in September, according to figures from the Association of European Airlines.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has released traffic figures for September, showing that carriers saw an annual increase in traffic flow in the month.
European airlines carried 4.5 per cent more passengers last month than in September 2006, the group said.
Combined with a four per cent increase in capacity, this led to improved load factors of 79.7 per cent for operators, an all-time high for September.
Most long-term travel trends were sustained in the month, with the south Atlantic market leading the way with a traffic increase of 11.3 per cent. Cross-border Europe (6.8 per cent) and north Atlantic (4.3 per cent) markets also performed strongly.
Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, AEA secretary general, said: "With three-quarters of the year's results already in, we can predict a traffic increase for the year of five per cent, modest by historical standards.
He added: "We are still awaiting the conditions which would make trends such as these entirely sustainable - most notably the realisation of the Single European Sky - but the prospect of carbon-neutral growth for the AEA airlines is a realistic one."
The AEA counts Air France, bmi, Austrian Airlines and British Airways among its members.
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