March 7, 2012
Air France-KLM said passenger traffic for February rose 6.2 percent despite a strike that hit its European network while cargo traffic fell 5.1 percent, hit by the weak economy.
The airline said on Wednesday the increase in passenger activity meant capacity rose 2.5 percent and led to a 2.8 percentage points gain in load factor to 80.5 percent.
The cargo load factor or percentage of available space sold declined 4 percentage points to 63.7 percent.
