Brussels Airlines, serving Uganda five times a week, Rwanda six times a week and Burundi once a week with Airbus A330 flights, has ended the month of November with major gains in passenger numbers and – important for the export industries in Uganda and Rwanda – a rise of almost a quarter in cargo uplifts.
In the month of November 608,095 passengers traveled on a Brussels Airlines flights, which is 54,088 or 9.8% more than the same period last year.
November is the first month of the aviation winter timetable and represents a strong passenger growth for Brussels Airlines.
On the European network, the airline registered a 10.8% growth, while the North American flights attracted 40.8% more passengers (mainly due to the addition of Toronto as a destination, which was not in the network in November last year). On the African network, the passenger numbers dropped slightly by 3% due to weakened demand as a result of slowing economies in some of the airline’s key destinations.
The overall seat load factor remained stable at 71.5%.
November was also a strong month for Brussels Airlines’ freight activity. The total transported freight volume increased by 23.6%. In addition to its scheduled flight activity, Brussels Airlines, besides scheduled services also operates many holiday and group flights for tour operators.
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