Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for July 2009. System traffic in July 2009, including both Delta and Northwest operations, decreased 2.5% compared to July 2008 on a 3.6% decrease in capacity, and load factor increased 1.0 point to 87.7%.
Finnair’s scheduled traffic declined in July by nearly 7%, capacity was cut by nearly 9%, which meant that passenger load factor rose to 81%. Asian traffic declined by nearly 13% and capacity contracted by 17%, thereby increasing the load factor in Asian traffic to nearly 84%.
BA reported that capacity for July 2009 was 2.7% below July 2008, traffic rose by 1.0% and the passenger load factor increased 3.1 points versus last year, to 84.6%. Traffic comprised an 11.0% decrease in premium traffic and a 3.5% increase in non-premium traffic.
Ryanair announced that its passenger traffic grew by 19% in July 2009 to 6.7million passengers, this resulted in a load factor of 89%, the same as in July 2008.
Alaska Air Group reported July operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 84.3% in July 2009, compared to 79.7% in July 2008 and a 5.4% decline in capacity compared to the prior-year period. Traffic increased 0.1% compared to July 2008. Horizon reported
US Airways Group announced July traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 4.3% versus July 2008, capacity was down 5.7% versus July 2008 and the load factor for the month of July was a record 86.4%, up 1.3 points versus July 2008.
Continental Airlines reported a July consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 87.3%, 3.1 points above the July 2008 consolidated load factor. In July 2009 Continental reported a consolidated traffic decrease of 3.4% and a capacity decrease of 6.9% as compared to July 2008.
United Airlines reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for July 2009. The company reported a July consolidated passenger load factor of 86.9%, consolidated traffic decreased in July by 4.0% on a consolidated capacity decrease of 7.0% compared with the same period in 2008.
Iberia reported that in June the load factor improved 1.9 percentage points, reaching 83,0% in the overall network and reflecting an efficient adjustment of capacity to the demand evolution. Traffic dropped 5.1%, while capacity was reduced by 7.3%. In all the markets the decreases were lower than the ones registered in May.
SkyWest reported a 4.9% increase in traffic for June, while capacity increased 1.9% compared to the same period last year. Load factor was up 2.3 percentage points to 82.3% compared to 80.0% for the same period last year.
