OREANDA-NEWS. February 10, 2015. Air France-KLM saw passenger traffic slip 0.5 percent year-on-year last month, driven by weakness on its Africa and Middle East routes, data showed on Monday.

The passenger load factor, a measure of the portion of seating capacity filled, fell 0.9 percentage points to 82.3 percent, the Franco-Dutch carrier said in a statement.

Traffic at its low-cost Transavia unit rose 8.1 percent with a load factor of 83.9 percent, up 2.5 percentage points.

Cargo traffic dropped 8.0 percent, the company said.