Icelandair: Traffic Data August 2017

The Company carried 529 thousand passengers on international flights in August. The number of passengers was up by 10% as compared to August last year. The capacity increase totalled 12% between years. The passenger load factor was 87.9% compared to 87.6% at the same time last year. The number of passengers on domestic and regional flights was 39 thousand in August, increasing by 4% between years. The capacity was increased by 3% compared to August 2016. The load factor was 72.3% increasing by 2.4 percentage points between years. Sold block hours in charter flights increased by 22% between years. Cargo transport increased by 35% year-on-year due to increased import to Iceland and via transport between Europe and N-America. The number of sold room nights at our Hotels was down by 5% compared to previous year. The room utilisation was 88.6%, compared to 90.3% in August last year. Walk-in traffic was less than expected together with more group cancellations than last year.