Passenger traffic drops at Air France-KLM
Tuesday, 7 July 2009 11:50Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, which has already been forced to cut operations in the economic crisis, saw passenger traffic fall 6.4% in June.
The biggest drop came in Asia, where passenger numbers fell 10.8%, while traffic in Africa and the Middle East dropped just 0.2%. The European network saw a 6.8% decline in traffic.
Air France-KLM said it carried a total of 6.4 million passengers in June. The airline also said, however, that the decline in cargo traffic had stabilised, edging down only 0.4% in the course of the month.
'These figures confirm again the trend towards a stabilisation of the cargo activity, with a progressive adjustment of capacity to demand,' it said.
Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM lost €814m in the first three months of the year - its first loss since the 2003 merger of Air France and KLM. It has also announced plans to cut 2,700 jobs.
