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LAN Airlines October 2008 system traffic; RPKs up 12.7%, ASKs up 11.3%
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Commercial
November 17, 2008
System passenger traffic for October increased 12.7% as capacity increased 11.3% resulting in a 1.0 point increase in load factor to 76.3%. Domestic passenger traffic in Chile increased 30.8% as capacity increased 27.1% moving the domestic load factor up 2.1 points to 75.3%. International passenger traffic for October increased 7.3% as capacity increased 6.3% moving the load factor up 0.7 points to 76.8%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 69% of total passenger traffic. Cargo traffic in the same period increased 11.4% as capacity increased 14.7%. As a consequence, cargo load factor decreased 2.1 points to 71.7% mainly due to higher capacity on regional routes. Cargo traffic grew mainly as a result of the continued strength in import markets, especially in Brazil, an increase in wet lease capacity in preparation of the arrival of the B777 cargo fleet and the initiation of cargo operations in Central America during September.
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