BA reported that the first nine days of the month were affected by industrial activity by the Unite union representing cabin crew. In June 2010 traffic fell by 11.1% and capacity was down 8.6% compared to June 2009. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 2.1 points versus last year, to 77.5%.
Norwegian released that traffic for the month of June increased by 30 %, while capacity increased by 32 %. The load factor was 77%, down 2 p.p. compared to the previous year.
WestJet announced June 2010 traffic results with a load factor of 78.2% up 5.3 pts compared to 2009. Traffic increased 19.0% year over year, and capacity grew 10.9% over the same period.
AirTran Airways reported that traffic for the month of June, grew by 7.4%, capacity improved by 4% compared to the same period in 2009 and the company’s load factor for the month was 86.4% up 2.8 pts compared to the previous year.
Alaska reported an 11.5% increase in traffic on a 6.4% increase in capacity, resulting in a 3.9-point increase in load factor to 84.6%.
Continental Airlines reported a June consolidated load factor of 86.9%, 2.1 points above the June 2009 consolidated load factor. Continental reported that consolidated traffic increased 4.7% and capacity increase of 2.2% compared to June 2009.
Iberia released that in the overall network, load factor improved by 3.5 pts with respect to the previous year, to 81.6%. Traffic grew by 4.8% and capacity went up 0.3%, the first positive variation since August 2008.
American Airlines reported a May load factor of 82.8%, an increase of 3.6 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 4.1% and capacity decreased 0.4% year over year.
For the month of May, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 82.0% on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), versus 79.5% in May 2009, an increase of 2.5 percentage points. System traffic increased 9.7% on a system wide capacity increase of 6.4%.
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for May 2010. System traffic in May 2010 increased 2.7% compared to May 2009 on a 0.6% increase in capacity. Load factor increased 1.6 points to 83.9%.
