LATAM Group transported more than 32.8 million passengers in the first five months of 2024

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LATAM Airlines Group carried more than 32.8 million passengers between January and May of this year, representing an increase of 16.6% compared to the same period in 2023, according to its operational statistics for the month of May.

The above result is explained by the good domestic performance of the subsidiaries in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, which transported 20.6% more passengers compared to 2023, as well as the subsidiary in Brazil, which transported 8.1% more passengers domestically. Passengers transported internationally increased 30.6% between January and May, compared to the same period in 2023.

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In May alone, the group carried 6.4 million passengers, 11.2% more than in the same month of 2023, while increasing its consolidated capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) by 15.9%, driven mainly by a 27.6% growth in the international segment.

Consolidated passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK), grew 19.3% in May 2024. The occupancy factor reached 81.4%, which represents a growth of 2.3 percentage points with respect to the same month last year, with a 1.4 percentage point increase in the occupancy factor of the international segment during this period, which reached 83.5%.

In cargo, the LATAM group’s capacity (measured in available ton-kilometers – ATK) increased by 12.4% compared to May 2023, reaching 677 million available ton-kilometers.