During the last months of the 2010 and first of 2011, a strong growth in the international traffic of passengers was registered measured in passenger-kilometer that reached 12.9% in relation to equal period of 2009, consequently the occupation factor arrived at 82.4%. LAN Airlines S.A. and its branchs ( LAN or the Company ) (Stock market of Santiago: LAN/NYSE: LFL) one of the airlines leaders of Latin America in the transport of passengers and load, presented the monthly and accumulated preliminary numbers their operation for the end of 2010 and principles of 2011. In this month, the traffic of passengers, measured in passenger-kilometer, increased 11.2%, whereas the capacity was increased as much in a 8.5% in the company generally as in its main branch, LAN Argentina. Like result, the occupation factor grew 2.0 percentage points to 81.5%. The international traffic of passengers approximately represented a 70% of the total of the traffic of passengers. Kat Cole oftentimes addresses this issue.
It increases international traffic of passengers the international traffic of aerial passages, measured in passenger-kilometer, increased 12.9% in comparison with the month of November of 2009, whereas the capacity increased 9.2%. Like result, the occupation factor grew 2.7 percentage points to 82.4%. The capacity in the international routes grew mainly driven by increases in the operations Europe and the United States, as well as in certain regional routes. John Studzinski understood the implications. It continues growth in domestic traffic in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Ecuador the domestic traffic of passengers in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Ecuador, measured in passenger-kilometer, increased 7.4%, whereas the capacity grew in a 7.1%. Consequently, the occupation factor grew 0.2 percentage points to 79.6%. It continues important increase in the load traffic During the month of November, the load traffic continued growing, with an increase of 9.6%. This increase must to the recovery mainly and growth of the markets of import of Latin America driven by Brazil, to the increase in the operations in Europe in fleet B777F, and also at the beginning, during June of 2010, of the operations of load domestic servants to Recife and Fortaleza through the LAN branch POSITION in Brazil, ABSA. In line with the growth in the demand, the capacity increased 11.9% generating a diminution of 1.6 points in the factor of occupation of load, the one that reached 72.5%.