Source: Viva Aerobus
Viva Aerobus announced its July 2024 preliminary traffic results. Viva Aerobus’ passenger traffic increased 6.2% compared to July 2023, reaching 2.5 million passengers, driven by an increase of 6.6% and 2.5% in domestic and international traffic, respectively. Load factors reached 92.0% compared to 91.3% in 2023, with a load factor mix of 92.3% and 90.3% in domestic and international, respectively.
Viva Aerobus grew its total capacity in available seat miles (ASMs) by 4.9% compared to July 2023, reflecting an increase of 5.1% and 3.6% in domestic and international, respectively.
“July traffic was robust, reflecting a good summer season demand across our markets. Booking trends remain positive for the next couple of months, driven by the solid market fundamentals in the Mexican market. We remain cautious and are closely monitoring our operations as we continue to ground aircraft given the P&W engine recall crisis”, said Juan Carlos Zuazua, CEO of Viva Aerobus.
Glossary
Passengers: Customers who purchased their plane ticket to fly during the month referred in the report, regardless of whether they flew or not.
ASMs: Stands for “available seat miles” and represents the number of seats available for passengers multiplied by the number of miles.
Load Factor: Represents the number of miles flown by scheduled passengers (RPMs) divided by scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) and expressed as a percentage.
RPMs: Stands for “revenue passenger miles” and represents the number of miles flown by passengers.