Slovenia's Flag Carrier Adria Airways 7-mo Passenger Numbers Fall 17% Y/Y

The airline's passenger load factor through July was 58.2%, down 6.3 percentage points from a year ago, AEA said in a traffic report.

In July alone, Adria Airways boarded 96,000 passengers, down 12.6% from a year earlier. The passenger load factor that month was 64.3%, 4.7 percentage points lower than July 2008.

AEA is the organisation of 34 European carriers which collectively carry 370 million passengers and 7 million tonnes of cargo each year. They operate 2,600 aircraft serving 615 destinations in 165 countries with 11,575 flights a day.