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BOAC carried a total of 2,053,000 passengers during the calendar year 1971 —an increase of 8.2 per cent, or 156,000 over 1970 —according to provisional fig ures announced by the airline.

Cargo at 67,089 short tons was up 11.8 per cent.

However, the overall passenger and cargo load factor (the percent age of aircraft capacity occupied) was down from 49.9 per cent, to 48.1 per cent. The passenger load factor was down from 54.4 per cent, to 53.8 per cent.