Traffic Results
• August 2019: 4.7 percent more passengers compared to the prior-year month
• August 2019: capacity utilization up 1.1 percentage points to 87.4 percent
• January to August 2019: over 9.7 million passengers, up 5.7 percent
About 1.5 million passengers flew with Austrian Airlines in August 2019, comprising an increase of 4.7 percent from the prior-year month. European flight traffic again made a significant contribution to this result with a growth of 6.7 percent. The North American portfolio was also strong, with passenger growth of 7.5 percent. The flight offering measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) was reduced by 1.0 percent compared to the previous year. Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) on the other hand climbed 0.3 percent. Capacity utilization (passenger load factor) of the flights equaled 87.4 percent on average in August 2019, an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to the previous year. The number of flights operated by Austrian Airlines was increased by 3.9 percent to 13,089.
“The summer months are our bread and butter business”, says Andreas Otto, Member of the Management Board and CCO of Austrian Airlines. “We are therefore particularly pleased that we were able to increase passenger numbers again in July and August – especially in comparison to the strong numbers from last year.”
Austrian Airlines transported over 9.7 million passengers in the months from January to August 2019, comprising a rise of 5.7 percent from the previous year. The flight offering measured in available seat kilometers was up 3.4 percent. Revenue passenger kilometers climbed 5.8 percent compared to the first eight months of 2018. Capacity utilization of the flights amounted to 80.7 percent, an increase of 1.8 percentage points. The number of flights operated by Austrian Airlines was up 3.7 percent to 92,999 in the months from January to August 2019.
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