4 Passenger: stable activity and slight rise in load factor to 81.8%
4 Cargo: 1.2 point decline in load factor to 66.9%

Passenger
December 2012 was perturbed by severe weather conditions, notably in North America. As a result, traffic was stable for a 0.4% reduction in capacity. The load factor stood at 81.8% (+0.3 points). The number of passengers amounted to 5.99 millions (-2.0%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) was up relative to December 2012.

• On the Americas network capacity was reduced by 0.9% for stable traffic (-0.1%). The load factor stood at 87.4% (+0.7 points) underpinned by the Latin American network.
• The Asia network was dynamic with a rise in traffic of 5.0%. With capacity up by only 3.7%, the load factor rose by 1 point to 84.1%.
• The Africa and Middle East network saw a 0.5% rise in traffic for stable capacity. The load factor stood at 82.4% (+0.3 point).
• On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, capacity declined by 6.1% and traffic by 6.3%. The load factor declined by 0.2 points to 83.1%.
• On the European network capacity was reduced by 1.0% with traffic down 2.0%. The load factor declined by 0.8 points to 70.2%.

For 2012 as a whole, traffic was up by 2.1% for just a 0.6% increase in capacity, leading to a 1.2 point improvement in the load factor to 83.1%. All the networks saw an increase in load factor.

Cargo
The group continued to adjust its full-freighter capacity. In total, the reduction in capacity and traffic stood at 4.0% and 5.7% respectively. The load factor declined by 1.2 points to 66.9%. Unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) ex-currency was slightly down relative to the level of December 2011.

For 2012 as a whole, capacity was down 3.5% for traffic down 6.3% leading to a 1.9 point reduction in the load factor to 64.5%.

Recent developments
4 Air France launched a new Economy class offer on its short- and medium-haul network, with travellers being given a choice between an all-inclusive offer or a simplified offer at more attractive rates with options to add services.
4 KLM reinforced its relationship with the Indonesian carrier, Garuda with a code-share agreement between Singapore and Denpasar (Bali) and an deeper maintenance partnership.
4 On 5th December 2012 Air France welcomed its three millionth passenger on board one of its Airbus A380s. In Winter 2012-13 the company serves six destinations via A380: New York-JFK, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Tokyo-Narita and Singapore.