International passenger traffic continues to rise; International load factors in July over 80 percent.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 August 2000-ATA: International passenger traffic continues to rise; International load factors in July over 80 percent (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16082000 Washington, DC -- The Air Transport Association (ATA) reported a system-wide increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) of 5.4 percent in July, month over month.

Both domestic and international passenger traffic increased, with a jump of 10.6 percent for international traffic and a 3.4 percent rise in domestic traffic. 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 79.6 percent full in July. The domestic load factor of 78.4 percent an increase over...