AFRICAN DESTINATIONS HELP DRIVE BRUSSELS AIRLINES PASSENGER NUMBERS UP
(Posted 12th September 2017)
Information received from Brussels Airlines indicates an 85 percent load factor across the entire network for the month of August which constitutes a rise of seats sold by 2.8 percent.
825,157 passengers boarded the 6,810 scheduled flights carried out by Brussels Airlines last month. That is 81,846 more than in August 2016. The number of passengers traveling on a European flight grew by 10.5% to 662,869. The African flights recorded a growth of 5.9%, the North American flights 8.7%. The Tel Aviv route showed a growth of 11,2%.
The freight volumes transported in the belly of Brussels Airlines’ passenger flights also increased in August. The cargo load factor increased by 9 percentage points and the Revenue Ton Kilometers increased by 16.1%
The statistics do as usual not include the passengers on board of the many charter flights Brussels Airlines operates on behalf of tour operators.
| Month | Month | VLY difference in % | |
| aug-17 | aug-16 | ||
| Flights | 6,810 | 6,728 | 1.2% |
| Total Passengers | 825,157 | 743,311 | 11.0% |
| — Passengers Europe | 662,869 | 599,952 | 10.5% |
| — Passengers Africa | 93,225 | 88,071 | 5.9% |
| — Passengers North America | 38,776 | 35,676 | 8.7% |
| — Passengers Middle East | 21,812 | 19,612 | 11.2% |
| — Passengers Asia | 8,475 | / | / |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 1,763,039,541 | 1,598,334,855 | 10.3% |
| Revenue Passenger-Kilometers (RPK) | 1,498,576,922 | 1,313,616,020 | 14.1% |
| Passenger Load Factor (%) | 85.0% | 82.2% | 2.8%pt |
| Available Ton-Kilometers (ATK) | 211,548 | 190,923 | 10.8% |
| Revenue Ton-Kilometers (RTK) | 169,475 | 146,015 | 16.1% |
| Cargo Load Factor (%) | 66.0% | 57.0% | 9.0%pt |
| Figures based on preliminary figures currently available | |||
