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Published: 2011-08-10 19:08:41 CEST
Icelandair Group hf.
Company Announcement

Traffic Data July 2011

Record passenger numbers by Icelandair - 254 thousand passenger carried

Icelandair carried 254 thousand passengers in July which is the largest month in Icelandair history. The total number of passengers increased by 18% between years. Load factor was 85.4% and was 0.8 percentage points lower than last year.  The number of passengers carried by Air Iceland decreased by 4% compared to July 2010.  The load factor was 73.5% and improved by 4.6 percentage points.  Decrease in passenger numbers is due to the cease of the Vestmannaeyjar route.

Sold block hours are down 11% between years, due to maintenance work at Icelandair Cargo. Freight increased by 13% since last year mainly due to more export from Iceland. Available hotel rooms were up 7% and the utilization of hotel rooms was 85.3%.   

 

ICELANDAIR JUL 11 JUL 10 CHG% YTD 11 YTD 10 CHG%
No. of Passengers (PAX) 254,437 216,129 18% 976,606 809,689 21%
Load Factor (%) 85.4% 86.2% -0.8 ppt 78.5% 76.2% 2.3 ppt
Available Seat KM (ASK´000) 832,823 700,169 19% 3,459,916 2,899,893 19%
             
AIR ICELAND JUL 11 JUL 10 CHG% YTD 11 YTD 10 CHG%
No. of Passengers (PAX) 37,793 39,502 -4% 203,680 196,991 3%
Load Factor (%) 73.5% 68.9% 4.6 ppt 69.3% 67.9% 1.4 ppt
Available Seat KM (ASK´000) 22,078 23,007 -4% 103,521 94,633 9%
             
CAPACITY JUL 11 JUL 10 CHG% YTD 11 YTD 10 CHG%
Fleet Utilization (%) 85.1% 100.0% -14.9 ppt 93.4% 93.7% -0.3 ppt
Sold Block Hours 3,054 3,423 -11% 20,777 19,485 7%
             
ICELANDAIR CARGO JUL 11 JUL 10 CHG% YTD 11 YTD 10 CHG%
Available Tonne KM (ATK´000) 19,110 16,349 17% 95,768 89,060 8%
Freight Tonne KM (FTK´000) 6,377 5,621 13% 43,180 43,037 0%
             
ICELANDAIR HOTELS JUL 11 JUL 10 CHG% YTD 11 YTD 10 CHG%
Available Hotel Room Nights 37,652 35,212 7% 148,797 142,877 4%
Sold Hotel Room Nights 32,112 29,077 10% 101,556 95,991 6%
Utilization of Hotel Rooms 85.3% 82.6% 2.7 ppt 68.3% 67.2% 1.1 ppt

 

For further detailed information please contact:

Bogi Nils Bogason, CFO Icelandair Group tel: + 354 665-8801 

Íris Hulda Þórisdóttir, Director Investor Relations Icelandair Group tel: + 354 840-7010


Traffic Data July2011.pdf