Group traffic up 0.7 per cent

IAG Group traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres was up by 0.7 per cent last month versus January 2012.

Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres was down 1.0 per cent.

Group premium traffic for the month of January grew by 2.7 per cent compared to the previous year, with a 0.3 per cent growth in non-premium traffic.

Underlying market conditions remain unchanged from those described at IAG Capital Markets Day on November 9. There is continued firmness in trends at British Airways and weakness in Spanish markets as in the previous months.