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Airline Industry Information - Air France KLM reports increase for passenger traffic and decrease for cargo in March

Air France KLM has reported an increase of 6.2% for its passenger traffic in March 2005.

According to the airline, the increase was due to growth for services to the Americas and to Asia and the load factor for the month was 80.1%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points. Air France KLM also reported that its traffic increased by 6.2% in the Americas, 11.2% in Asia and 9.1% in Africa and the Middle East. The airline saw a 3.6 percentage point increase on the medium-haul network, while there was a 2.8 percentage point increase in the load factor, Reuters reported.

The cargo traffic figures however fell by 2 percentage points for the month as the demand in Asia was weaker, while the cargo load factor fell by 4.9 percentage points to 67%.

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