The company announced in a statement that it significantly improved its operating result to 409 million euros, compared to 24 million in the previous year.
This operating result was concentrated in the second quarter, with 736 million euros, allowing for compensation of losses between January and March.
The group’s half-year revenue, one of the three major European companies interested in the privatization of TAP, increased by 6.9% to 15.608 billion euros, driven by a 3.8% rise in passenger traffic.
The different brands of the Franco-Dutch group transported 49,067,000 passengers in the first half of the year, and their planes flew with an occupancy rate of 86.9%.
In terms of long-haul flights, the number of passengers increased by 1.4%, mainly due to routes to North America (+2.9%), Latin America (+6.2%), and the Caribbean and Indian Ocean destinations (+4.1%), which offset declines in Asia and the Middle East (-3.8%) and Africa (-0.3%).
The activity of the Air France and KLM brands increased by 4.6%, while the low-cost subsidiary Transavia saw a 11.3% rise in passenger numbers for the semester.
“Although the international context remains complex, Air France-KLM continues to demonstrate its resilience and is well-positioned to achieve its goals,” said the group’s CEO, Benjamin Smith, in a statement.
