JOC Staff | Dec 06, 2012 9:41AM EST
International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported 525 million metric ton kilometers of cargo in November, a 1.7 percent decrease year-over-year.
Iberia handled 107 million metric ton kilometers of cargo in November, a 13 percent decrease from last year, while British Airways handled 418 million metric ton kilometers of cargo in November, a 1.7 percent increase year-over-year.
Year-to-date, IAG reported 5.6 billion metric ton kilometers, a decline of 0.9 percent compared to the same period in 2011.
Cargo revenue metric ton kilometers in November increased 2.2 percent year-over-year. Year-to-date cargo revenue metric ton kilometers increased 3.5 percent compared with last year.
With regard to cargo, the carrier's load factor was up 0.2 points in November, at 72.8 percent, and 0.1 points from January to November, at 73.9 percent.
