"As part of the upward trend in traffic at Rome-Fiumicino airport, Alitalia reported a 35.6% rise in passengers carried for the period August 1-24, against a 29.1% increase in the number of seats offered, compared to the same period in 2007. The load factor (seat occupancy index) also went up by 3.5 percentage points to 74.5%. In more detail, international traffic rose by 42.8% with a load factor...