5th Apr 2016 14:19
LONDON (Alliance News) - International Consolidated Airlines Group on Tuesday reported a rise in group traffic and load factor in March.
The airline operator - which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling - said group traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, grew 14% year-on-year, but its premium traffic was down 0.5% on a pro-forma basis, which includes Aer Lingus in the base.
IAG said load factor increased 1.0 percentage points to 80.5% from 79.5% a year earlier and passenger numbers were up 9.4% to 7.6 million from 6.3 million.
Shares in IAG were down 1.2% at 550.00 pence on Tuesday.
By Hannah Boland; [email protected]; @Hannaheboland
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