LATAM Airlines Group (LTM reported a year-over-year improve in income passenger-kilometers (RPK: a measure of air site visitors) for March 2026.
LATAM Airlines reported a 9.3% year-over-year improve in consolidated capability, measured in out there seat-kilometers (ASK). The uptick was pushed by a 12.5% improve in capability in LATAM Airlines Brazil’s home market, coupled with a ten.9% surge in worldwide operations, which incorporates the launch of operations to a brand new vacation spot in Europe with the São Paulo (GRU), Brazil – Amsterdam, Netherlands route.
LTM’s consolidated site visitors, measured in income passenger-kilometers (RPK), grew 11.9% yr over yr, owing to progress throughout all segments. LATAM Airlines Brazil’s home market witnessed a 15.6% year-over-year improve, adopted by a 12.8% surge internationally. Demand within the home markets of the associates in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru reported progress of three%.
Since site visitors outpaced capability enlargement, the consolidated load issue (proportion of seats stuffed by passengers) for March 2026 got here in at 83.8%, up 1.9 proportion factors from March 2025, reflecting progress throughout all segments. This brings the primary quarter’s load issue to 85.3%.
In March 2026, LATAM Airlines transported 7.6 million passengers, a rise of 9% yr over yr. So far this yr, LATAM Airlines has transported 22.8 million passengers throughout its community, reflecting a rise of 9.1% yr over yr.
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Apart from LATAM Airlines, one other airline firm that has reported site visitors numbers for March 2026 is Ryanair Holdings RYAAY.
European provider, Ryanair reported strong site visitors numbers for March 2026, pushed by upbeat air-travel demand. The variety of passengers transported on Ryanair flights was 15.8 million in March 2026, reflecting a 5% year-over-year improve. Apart from a year-over-year surge, RYAAY’s site visitors in March was rather more than the February studying of 13.3 million and the January studying of 12.7 million, highlighting continued momentum from the start of the yr.
Ryanair’s load issue remained flat yr over yr at 93% in March 2026, reflecting steady and constant demand for the provider’s companies. But it improved sequentially from the load issue of 92% reported in February 2026 and 91% reported in January 2026.
