Latin American air passenger traffic was down 30.2 percent during September 2021 compared to September 2019. Passenger traffic increased 130.7 percent over September 2020. Revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) fell 37.8 percent over 2019, while available seat kilometers fell 30.6 percent. As a result passenger load factor declined 8.7 points to 75.8 percent during September 2021. Year to date passenger counts are 30.3 percent above 2020 and 48.6 percent below 2019.

 

 

	September 2021	September 2020	September 2019	2021 / 2020	2021 / 2019	YTD 2021	YTD 2020	YTD 2019	2021 / 2020	2021 / 2019
Passengers	19,710,662	8,544,104	28,245,610	130.7%	-30.2%	167,305,589	128,408,657	325,542,563	30.3%	-48.6%
Domestic	14,826,368	7,075,866	19,503,535	109.5%	-24.0%	111,759,487	76,360,180	178,504,965	46.4%	-37.4%
Intra-LatAm	1,464,747	308,850	3,993,525	374.3%	-63.3%	10,376,678	12,385,807	38,991,949	-16.2%	-73.4%
Extra-LatAm	3,419,547	1,159,388	4,748,550	194.9%	-28.0%	45,169,424	39,662,670	108,045,649	13.9%	-58.2%
RPK (millions)	29,501	11,774	47,392	150.6%	-37.8%	292,313	264,378	690,587	10.6%	-57.7%
Domestic	14,257	7,370	17,383	93.4%	-18.0%	113,977	72,526	160,121	57.2%	-28.8%
Intra-LatAm	2,692	334	7,775	706.0%	-65.4%	17,322	23,618	75,892	-26.7%	-77.2%
Extra-LatAm	12,552	4,070	22,234	208.4%	-43.5%	161,014	168,234	454,574	-4.3%	-64.6%
ASK (millions)	38,913	17,189	56,082	126.4%	-30.6%	407,011	369,462	831,103	10.2%	-51.0%
Domestic	18,211	10,133	21,330	79.7%	-14.6%	147,512	99,739	194,716	47.9%	-24.2%
Intra-LatAm	3,511	496	9,553	607.9%	-63.2%	25,551	33,131	92,151	-22.9%	-72.3%
Extra-LatAm	17,191	6,560	25,199	162.1%	-31.8%	233,948	236,592	544,236	-1.1%	-57.0%
PLF	75.8%	68.5%	84.5%	7.3	(8.7)	71.8%	71.6%	83.1%	0.3	(11.3)
Domestic	78.3%	72.7%	81.5%	5.6	(3.2)	77.3%	72.7%	82.2%	4.6	(5.0)
Intra-LatAm	76.7%	67.3%	81.4%	9.3	(4.7)	67.8%	71.3%	82.4%	(3.5)	(14.6)
Extra-LatAm	73.0%	62.0%	88.2%	11.0	(15.2)	68.8%	71.1%	83.5%	(2.3)	(14.7)
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Passenger traffic is measured in Revenue Passenger-Kms; Capacity in Available Seat-Kms; and Freight in Revenue Freight Tonnes-Kms. Data include preliminary results for international scheduled services of ALTA member airlines.