Copa Holdings, S.A. and its Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia operating subsidiaries, released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for December 2010: consolidated traffic increased 22% while capacity increased 19.7% compared to the same period in2009. Consolidated load factor was up 1.5 pts to 78.4%.
BA released that December 2010 traffic fell by 8.3%, while capacity was down 7.7% on December 2009. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 0.4 points versus last year, to 76.4%. Traffic comprised a 1.6% decrease in premium traffic and a 9.6% decrease in non-premium traffic.
Finnair’s December traffic figures were adversely affected by a strike by cabin staff, which lasted more than a week. Traffic declined by more than 26% compared with December the previous year and capacity was down 19%. The load factor for the month was down 7pts to 71%.
Norwegian’s total traffic improved 35% compared to December 2009, while capacity was up 34%. The load factor was 76%, which is equivalent to last year.
Ryanair reported that traffic for December 2010 increaced 2% while the load factor slightly fell by 1pt to 80% compared to December 2009.
Porter Airlines released that the load factor for the month of December 2010 improved 12.6 pts to 62.4% compared to December 2009. Capacity grew 13.9 %, while traffic increased 43.0% over the same period.
AirTran Airways reported December and full-year 2010 traffic. The low-cost leader recorded all-time annual records for available seat miles, load factor and enplaned passengers. For December, AirTran Airways’ traffic increased 2.7% on a 1.1% rise in capacity. The load factor for December was up 1.2 pts to 78.9%.
American Airlines’ December traffic increased 1.8% and capacity increased 1.8% year over year. December load factor was 80.6%, matching the same period last year.
Delta Air Lines released traffic results for December 2010. System traffic in December 2010 increased 2.4% compared to December 2009 on a 3.9% increase in capacity. Load factor decreased 1.1 points to 80.1%.
Alaska Air Group reported December operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 13.3% increase in traffic on a 10.7% increase in capacity, resulting in a 2.0-point increase in load factor to 85.6%. Horizon reported a 2.4% decline in traffic on a 5.8% decline in capacity compared to December 2009,
