LATAM Airlines July 2026 Traffic Improves Year Over Year

LATAM Airlines Group (LTM reported a year-over-year increase in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK: a measure of air traffic) for July 2026.

LATAM Airlines reported an 8.2% year-over-year increase in consolidated capacity, measured in available seat-kilometers (ASK). The uptick was driven by a 10.8% increase in international operations. During the month, LATAM Airlines launched its new long-haul routes connecting Sao Paulo (GRU), Brazil, with Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and Cape Town, South Africa. This was complemented by a 7.1% increase in domestic capacity offered by LATAM Airlines Brazil and a 1.6% increase in domestic operations of the affiliates in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

LTM’s consolidated traffic, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK), grew 5.6% year over year, owing to an 8.3% increase in international operations, followed by LATAM Airlines Brazil's domestic market, which recorded a 4.4% year-over-year increase.

In July 2026, LATAM Airlines transported 8.06 million passengers, an increase of 2% year over year. So far this year, LATAM Airlines has transported 52.04 million passengers across its network, reflecting an increase of 5.2% year over year.

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July 2026 Traffic of Other Airline Companies

Apart from LATAM Airlines, other airline companies that have reported traffic numbers for July 2026 are Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion VLRS and Ryanair Holdings RYAAY.

Volaris

Mexican carrier, Volaris, recently reported a year-over-year increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a measure of air traffic, for July.

VLRS reported a 14.4% year-over-year increase in consolidated capacity (measured in available seat miles).Consolidated traffic, measured in revenue passenger-miles (RPM), grew 18.5% year over year. Since traffic growth has outpaced capacity expansion, the load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) increased 3 percentage points year over year to 87.9%.

On the domestic front, RPMs increased 16% and ASMs (Available Seat Miles) increased 16.2%, from the July 2025 levels. The domestic load factor in July was 90%, a decline of 0.2 percentage points from the year-ago levels.

Internationally, RPM increased 22.4% year over year, while ASM rose 11.9% year over year. Since traffic growth outpaced capacity expansion, the international load factor increased 7.3 percentage points on a year-over-year basis to 84.9%.

During July 2026, VLRS transported 3.31 million passengers, representing a 19.8% year-over-year increase.

Ryanair Holdings

European carrier, Ryanair, reported solid traffic numbers for July 2026, driven by upbeat air-travel demand. The number of passengers transported on Ryanair flights was 22.2 million in July 2026, reflecting a 7% year-over-year increase. Apart from a year-over-year surge, RYAAY’s traffic in July was much more than the June reading of 21.2 million, May reading of 20.7 million, April reading of 19.3 million, March reading of 15.8 million, the February reading of 13.3 million and the January reading of 12.7 million, highlighting continued momentum from the beginning of the year.

Ryanair’s load factor remained flat year over year at 96% in July 2026, reflecting stable and consistent demand for the carrier’s services. It also improved from the load factor of 95% reported in both the months of June and May 2026, 93% reported in both the months of April and March 2026, 92% reported in February 2026 and 91% reported in January 2026.

RYAAY operated more than 1,20,800 flights in July 2026. This marks an improvement from 1,16,800 flights operated in June 2026, 1,14,000 flights operated in May 2026, 1,08,000 flights operated in April 2026, 88,000 flights operated in March 2026, 75,000 flights operated in February 2026 and 73,000 flights operated in January2026, reflecting expanded capacity to meet strong passenger demand.

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