Traffic Results
• About 791,000 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines in January, an increase of 7.0 percent
• Capacity utilization up 0.5 percentage points to 70.2 percent
• Revenue passenger kilometers rose by 8.9 percent
Austrian Airlines continues its successful passenger development of the year 2018. Approximately 791,000 guests flew with Austria’s home carrier in the month of January 2019. This comprises a rise of 7.0 percent from the prior-year month. Once again, the strong performance in European flight traffic was the main growth driver. However, the intercontinental segment also showed significant growth. The flight offering measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) was up 8.2 percent. Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) climbed by 8.9 percent compared to January 2018. Capacity utilization of the flights equaled 70.2 percent on average, a rise of 0.5 percentage points. The number of flights operated by Austrian Airlines in January 2019 was increased by 4.4 percent to 9,088.
“This is a very gratifying start to the new year”, says Andreas Otto, Member of the Management Board and CCO of Austrian Airlines. “Apparently our customers prefer to fly with a longstanding partner of whom they know that his flight schedules are reliable.”
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