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Brazil's Azul posts May 2019 traffic performance

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Brazil's Azul posts May 2019 traffic performance

Brazilian airline Azul has announced its consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 26.7% compared to May 2018.

Its capacity increase (ASKs) of 20.4%, resulted in a load factor of 84.3%, an increase of 4.2 percentage points compared to the same period in 2018.

Domestic passenger traffic increased 32.8% on a 23.0% increase in capacity resulting in a load factor of 83.3%, 6.2 percentage points higher than May 2018. International load factor was 87.8%.

"May was another outstanding month for Azul - our load factor went up 4.2 percentage points while capacity grew 20.4%.  We ended the month with 27 A320neos in our fleet and are excited with the fleet transformation opportunities that lie ahead of us," says John Rodgerson, Azul's CEO.