Revenue Generating Passengers at Aruba Airport Authority N.V. is up by 4.5%

Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) reports continued growth in passenger traffic in July and August. Revenue Generating Passengers (RGP) at AAA is up by 4.5% and the amount of commercial flights increased with 6.2% for July 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. RGP during the month of August 2009 was up by 1.7% whilst the amount of commercial flights decreased by -1.3% compared to the same month in 2008. Interestingly the RGP results for August 2008 were 4.9% higher than August 2007, a record breaking year, making these results the best for the month of August on record at AAA. In addition, August 2009 RGP results clock in second to March 2008 as the largest amount of RGP obtained in a single month. The North American PFC market grew slightly by 0.5% compared to August

The European PFC market grew by a staggering 24.9% compared to August 2008 with Martinair transporting 8.9% more passengers than KLM during the same period in 2008. Flights from the European market grew by 28.3% compared to August 2008 and are mainly attributed to the increase in flights from London Gatwick and Amsterdam.