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airlines, but none recorded negative growth. Figures ranged from1% at Ansett Australia to 60.6% for Garuda Indonesia. In additionto Garuda, double-digit growth was posted by Asiana Airlines(21%), Vietnam Airlines (17.4%), Cathay Pacific Airways (11.8%),China Airlines (11.8%) and Korean Air (11.3%).Two airlines posted a significant improvement in PLF – GarudaIndonesia (9.7 percentage points) and Cathay Pacific Airways (4.6percentage points). On the other hand, Ansett Australia and KoreanAir experienced a decline.All but two airlines recorded load factors in excess of 70%.Garuda Indonesia led the way with 79.7%. Nine other airlines filledmore than 70% of their capacity, with seven above 75% – AsianaAirlines (77.3%), Vietnam Airlines (76.9%), Singapore Airlines(76.5%), Cathay Pacific Airways (76%), China Airlines (75.8%), EVAAir (75.5%) and Thai Airways International (75.2%).Garuda Indonesia: increased passenger and freight load factorsin NovemberFTK Growth by CarrierPercentage (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)Cargo ResultsConsolidated FTKs of AAPA airlines rose 13.4% while capacityexpanded 12.8% for the 12-month period. This resulted in a 0.4percentage point increase in load factor to 70.9%.High FTK growth was recorded by China Airlines (25.9%),Vietnam Airlines (25.9%), Asiana Airlines (18.1%), Garuda Indonesia(16.9%), EVA Air (15.3%), Korean Air (13.9%) and Singapore Airlines(10.7%).The improvement in load factor was moderate. Only CathayPacific Airways (2.4 percentage points) and Vietnam Airlines (2.0percentage points) emerged significantly better. Four airlines,however, registered a decline in FLF.Taiwan-based carriers continued to record the highest loadfactors – China Airlines (83.7%) and EVA Air (80.4%) – with theKorean-based carriers, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, coming20151050-5-10-15BIJL KE BR VN SQ TG OZ GA CX AN CIPassenger Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points Change (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)Freight Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points Change (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)108846402-40-2-8-4VN AN CX KE TG SQ CI BR OZ BI JL GA-12BIVN BR CI JL AN OZ SQ CX TG KE GAROLLS-ROYCE NEWS DIGEST“Rolls-Royce has won a $1 billion maintenance support contract fromAmerican Airlines for its fleet of RB211 engines.”March 01 | Orient Aviation | 49