Passenger traffic increased in April strong growth in international travel.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2000-ATA: Passenger traffic increased in April strong growth in international travel (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02062000 Washington, DC -- The Air Transport Association (ATA) reported a system-wide increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) of 7.1 percent in April, month over month.

International passenger traffic jumped 13.3 percent and domestic traffic increased 4.9 percent in April. Revenue passenger mile is the industry term used to quantify the volume of business. One RPM is one paying passenger transported one mile. System-wide, planes were 74.3 percent full in April. The domestic load factor of 73.5 percent was a slight increase over last year, when it was 71.8 percent. The average international load factor...