Icelandair passenger numbers up 20%

Icelandic flag carrier Icelandair has announced a 20% year-on-year increase in international passenger numbers for June 2016.

440,000 passengers flew with Icelandair on international flights last month, 20% more than last year. Since Icelandair aircraft capacity has increased by 22% over the same period, passenger load rates have remained stable (83.6% in June 2016, as compared to 84.2% in the same month last year).

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Cargo transport has increased 6% year-on-year, domestic flights and flights to Greenland by 3%, and stays in Icelandair hotels by 1%.