Air France-KLM Traffic Rises 6.6 Pct

Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, said Tuesday that passenger traffic rose 6.6 percent in August, driven by greater long-distance travel. The Franco-Dutch airline's load factor, a measure of an airline's success in filling its seats, improved slightly to 81.7 percent, up 0.1 point from a year earlier, on 6.5 percent higher capacity. The airline's long-haul network posted a 7.7 percent increase in traffic on 6.6 percent higher capacity, fueled by routes to America, Africa and Middle East, a statement said.