June 7 (Reuters) - Icelandair Group hf ICEAIR.IC :
* SAID ON THURSDAY CO IN MAY TRANSPORTED 396 THOUSAND
PASSENGERS,
8% UP COMPARED TO YEAR AGO
* LOAD FACTOR WAS 80% AND ON-TIME PERFORMANCE WAS 85.1%,
INCREASING BY 8.5 PPT BETWEEN YEARS
* DEMAND FROM ICELANDERS TRAVELING ABROAD CONTINUES TO BE
STRONG,
HOWEVER, NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TRAVELING TO ICELAND HAS DECREASED
* PASSENGERS TRAVELING TO ICELAND DECREASED DUE TO STRONG
COMPETITION WITH OTHER DESTINATIONS AND NEGATIVE IMPACT RELATED
TO MEDIA COVERAGE OF REYKJANES SEISMIC ACTIVITY
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