Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. said August traffic rose 2.9% year-over-year to 2.15 million passengers, as revenue passenger miles increased 2.9% despite a 1.0% drop in passenger count. Capacity expanded 2.3%, lifting the load factor to 89.7%, up 0.6 percentage points from the prior year.
International operations drove the growth, with revenue passenger miles up 4.3% and capacity rising 3.2%. The international load factor reached 89.9%, an increase of 1.0 percentage point. Domestic revenue passenger miles fell 0.7%, while capacity remained nearly flat at -0.1%, pushing the domestic load factor down 0.5 percentage points to 89.2%.
Year-to-date through August, total revenue passenger miles grew 0.9%, though passenger traffic declined 2.5% to 16.11 million. Capacity rose 0.4%, and the cumulative load factor improved to 85.8%, up 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Chief Executive Officer Andres Conesa noted that higher-than-anticipated fuel costs remain a challenge. The airline said it is prioritizing capacity deployment, network optimization, and fuel recapture initiatives to mitigate cost pressures.
