The Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) released the operating data for April 2009 today.
Our domestic demand, measured in RPKs, presented 6.5% growth compared to the same period last year, and 10.6% increase in domestic supply, measured in ASK. In April, market demand increased 2.0% and market supply increased 6.7%. We registered domestic market share (RPK) of 49.2%, a 2.1 p.p. increase compared to the same period in 2008. Our domestic load factor was 64.1%, 1.1 p.p. higher than the market average of 63.0%.
In the international market, we registered 23.2% growth in demand and 25.2% in supply, compared to April 2008. We attained market share of 86.2%, representing 13.8 p.p. growth year on year. We attained 72.7% load factor, 4.0 p.p. higher than the market average of 68.6%.
