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In brief Travel South Africa

Swiss International Air Lines sees passenger growth first half of the year

Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) has transported 8,520,186 passengers for the first six months of 2018, which is a 5.9% increase in comparison to the same period in 2017. The airline also operated 69,932 flights for 2018's first half, which is a 1.2% increase in comparison to 2017's first half.

Furthermore, systemwide passenger capacity raised by 3.9% in available seat-kilometre terms and total traffic volume improved by 5.1%.

The systemwide seat load factor also rose accordingly to 81.5%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points. The systemwide June seat load factor of 87.1% was a 2.3-percentage-point improvement on the prior-year period.

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