Passenger
5.3 million passengers, +1.8%
Rise in capacity on the Americas driven by development in Latin America (+9.9%); capacity up +1.1% on North America
Significant impact from medium-haul restructuring
Increase in Unit revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) ex-currency versus February 2013
Cargo
Improvement in load factor
Unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) ex-currency stable versus February 2013
Recent developments
Air France and KLM announced the details of their Summer 2014 schedules (from 30th March to 25th October). In long-haul the main development is focused on Latin America with the opening of Brasilia thanks to the partnership agreement with GOL, and the continuation of the Santiago service launched by KLM in February. The impact of Transform 2015 on medium-haul translates into capacity reductions at Air France, while aircraft densification and the reduction in turnaround times enables KLM to increase its offer, launching four new destinations in Europe.
After suspending sales in Venezuela since the end of January, the group will reduce capacity on the Paris-Caracas route by 45% as from April 2014.
At the beginning of March, SkyTeam welcomed its 20th member, Garuda, the Indonesian carrier. 13 out of the 20 alliance members are based outside Europe and North America.