SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 3.1% during February and seat capacity was down 10.2% vs. 2009. SAS Group carried 1.8 million passengers in February, up 0.3% vs. 2009. The passenger load factor was 66.9%, up 5 p.u. vs. February 2009.
Southwest Airlines announced that traffic in February 2010 decreased 2.3% from February 2009, capacity decreased 8.7% from the February 2009 level and the load factor for the month was 73.9%, compared to 69.1% for the same period last year.
British Airways reported that traffic in February 2010 rose by 1.1% compared to February 2009 while capacity was down 1.9%. This resulted in a passenger load factor increase of 2.2 points versus last year, to 74.2%.
Norwegian reported that traffic in February 2010 increased by 28%, while capacity increased 32%. The load factor for the month fell by 2 pts to 76%.
American Airlines reported a February load factor of 75.5%, an increase of 1.5 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 2.2% and capacity decreased 4.2% year over year.
For the month of February, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 78.4% on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), versus 79.6% in February 2009, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points. System traffic increased 5.5% on a capacity increase of 7.1% system wide.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. Traffic for the month increased 104% from the same month last year, while capacity increased 88%. The load factor increased 5.0 pts to 72%.
Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 79.8% in February 2010, compared to 73.5% in February 2009, on a 2.4% decrease in capacity compared to the prior-year period. Alaska reported that traffic increased 5.9% in February 2010.
Allegiant Air reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. Allegiant reported that system traffic increased 18% in February 2010, while capacity increased 17% compared to the previous year. System load factor was up 0.8 pts to 88.2%.
US Airways Group announced February and year-to-date 2010 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 4.7% versus February 2009. Mainline capacity was down 5.3% versus February 2009 and the load factor for the month of February was 77.6%, up 0.4 points versus February 2009.
