IAG reports 3.1% increase in passenger traffic for October

IAG carried 3.9% more passengers during the month of October to reach 8.84m.

That came alongside a 3.1% rise in total revenues per passenger kilometre to 21.4m and a 5.0% increase in available seat kilometre to 26.1m.

Europe continued to be the mainstay in terms of passengers transported, with a 6.6% increase to 4.863m and a 8.9% rise year-to-date.

In parallel, the number of passengers carried in Asia Pacific grew 6.6% to 193,000 and those in North America by 2.8% to 1.003m.

Meanwhile, revenues per passenger kilometre in Europe grew 7.5% to 5.769m and by 7.3% in Asia Pacific to 1.93m.