Airlines & Routes

Finnair released that system traffic in January 2011 increased 3.2%, while capacity improved 12.2%. The load factor for January dropped 6.3 pts to 72.3%.

Norwegian’s traffic for the month of January 2011 increased 34% compared to January 2009, capacity increased 32% and the load factor for the month was up 1 pt to 73%.

Southwest Airlines reported that January 2011 traffic increased 13.2% compared to January 2010. Capacity increased 7.5% and the load factor for the month was 76% up 3.9 pts compared to the same period last year.

American Airlines reported that January traffic increased 2.0% versus the same period last year. Capacity increased 2.% year over year, resulting in a load factor of 75.8%, 0.4 points lower than the same period last year.

SAS Group’s traffic increased 5.4% during January and capacity increased 8.2% vs same period 2010. The passenger load factor decreased by 1.7 pt to 63.9%. SAS Group carried 1.8 million passengers in January, up 7.8%.

For the month of January 2011, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 20.7%, while capacity increased 24.0%. System load factor for January 2010 was 79.3%, a 2.2 pts decrease when compared to January 2010.

Delta Air Lines’ system traffic in January 2011 increased 2.3% compared to January 2010 on a 4.2% increase in capacity. Load factor decreased 1.4 points to 75.2%.

Ryanair released that traffic increased by 5% in January 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, while the laod factor increased 1.0 ppt to 82%.

Alaska Air Group reported January operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air . Alaska’s traffic increased 15.8% on a 12.4% increase in capacity, resulting in a record load factor for January of 80.0%. Horizon reported a 0.9% decline in traffic on a 5.3% decline in capacity compared to January 2010, resulting in

Porter Airlines released that the load factor for January 2011 increased 7.6 points to 51.7%, while capacity increased 16.7%. Traffic for January increased 36.8% compared to the same period last year.