SWISS Carries More Passengers in the First Nine Months

Swiss International Air Lines transported a total of 14,293,356 passengers in the first nine months of this year, a 4.4% increase on the same period in 2018. The passengers were carried on 114,968 flights, 5.4 percent more than were operated in the prior-year period.

Total passenger capacity for Jan. to Sep. was up 1.9 percent on the prior-year period in available seat-kilometre (ASK) terms. Total traffic volume, measured in revenue passengerkilometres (RPK), rose 2.2 percent. Systemwide seat load factor for the period improved accordingly to 84.2 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points.

In the month of Sep. SWISS carried 1,724,647 passengers, a 6.4 percent improvement on the same month last year. The 13,404 flights operated were a 6.2 percent increase on the prior-year period. Total ASK capacity was raised 2.4 percent, while total RPK traffic volume was up 2.1 percent. Systemwide Sep. seat load factor declined accordingly to 86.2 percent, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points.