American Airlines: Struggles Continue in Latin America, Caribbean
American Airlines group continues to struggle to grow in the Latin America and Caribbean region, according to the company’s latest report.
The carrier reported 2.84 billion revenue passenger miles in the wider region in July, a decline of 5.6 percent compared to July 2015.
That was the largest decline in traffic of any of the carrier’s regions, and came as the company reported just a 0.3 percent decline in revenue passenger miles overall.
It came after a 3.1 percent year-over-year reduction in traffic in July.
The company also reported a 4.6 percent reduction in available seat miles in the same period, with 3.38 billion, with load factor reduced by 0.8 percentage points compared to July 2015.
American Airlines continues to face increasing competition in the wider Caribbean region, particularly from swift-growing JetBlue Airways.
— Caribbean Journal Staff
