News Release IAG traffic down 5.6% in April 2013

In April 2013, International Airlines Group (IAG) traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 5.6% versus April 2012, while group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres was down 2.9%. Group premium traffic for the month of April increased by 1.8% compared to the previous year. Non-premium traffic decreased by 6.9%. The airline group, parent of British Airways and Iberia, stated that traffic and load factor “were affected by Easter and a Group policy to improve unit revenues through yield, rather than load”. Because of this it adds that to look through the Easter effect, “it is necessary to aggregate