If Air India's financial results are positive, it would

be for the first time in the past five years, Nandan said. Between April 2012 and this January, Air India's revenue from passengers increased 8.3 per cent, load factor (number of occupied seats on an aircraft) increased to 71.8 per cent from 68.5 per cent, yield (revenue per passenger per km) was up 19.2 per cent and the number of passengers carried was higher by 3.4 per cent, the AI chief said. On AI's plans to sell off five Boeing 777-200s, he said, "We have an offer for all the five planes" but refused to disclose anything further on grounds of commercial secrecy.