Austrian Airlines flew 1.3 million passengers in April 2019, an increase of 5.9% from the same period last year.
The group was quick to point out that its long-haul flights to North America had a passenger volume increase of 18.2%.
The total flight offering measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) was up 6.8%, and revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) climbed 12.5%. Capacity utilisation (passenger load factor) of the flights equaled 81.4% on average in April 2019, an increase of 4.1 percentage points compared to the previous year.
The number of flights operated by Austrian Airlines was increased by 2.1% to a total of 11,895.
“Despite our increased offering capacity utilisation on our North American routes was up 7.3 percentage points to a total of 86.4%,” says Andreas Otto, CCO of Austrian Airlines. “These excellent numbers are showing, that our strategy to expand our flights to North America is sound.”