Austrian Airlines reports April 2019 traffic performance

Austrian Airlines flew 1.3 million passengers in April 2019, an increase of 5.9% from the same period last year. The group was quick to point out that its long-haul flights to North America had a passenger volume increase of 18.2%. The total flight offering measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) was up 6.8%, and revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) climbed 12.5%. Capacity utilisation (passenger load factor) of the flights equaled 81.4% on average in April 2019, an increase of 4.1 percentage points compared to the previous year. The number of flights operated by Austrian Airlines was increased by 2.1% to a