LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for January 2016

LATAM Airlines Group has reported that its system passenger traffic in January 2016 increased by 1.9% compared to the prior-year period, while capacity increased by 2.0%. As a result, LATAM’s load factor for the month decreased 0.1 points to 85.6%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 53% of the month’s total passenger traffic. Domestic passenger traffic in LATAM Airlines Group’s Spanish speaking operations (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia) rose 6.4%, while capacity increased by 4.5%. As a consequence, the domestic passenger load factor increased 1.5 points to 84.8%. Domestic passenger traffic in Brazil decreased 11.0%, while capacity decreased by