Air France KLM reported that traffic for June 2009 was down 6.4% while capacity was down 5% compared to the same period in 2008. The load factor for the month was 80.3%, down 1.1 pts.
Finnair traffic in June was 13.4% below the figures for June 2008. Capacity was down 14.2%, resulting in a passenger load factor 0.6 percentage points higher than last year, 74.0%.
Persistent economic downturn, worldwide, reduced the Lufthansa passenger count in the first six months of 2009. Lufthansa consequently failed to match its performance level in the first half last time round. Passenger numbers at Lufthansa fell in the first half of 2009 by 6.1%, in the same period, capacity was scaled back to accommodate declining
United Airlines reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for June 2009. The company reported a June consolidated passenger load factor of 85.9%, up 0.5 pts compared to June 2008. Total consolidated traffic decreased in June by 7.5% on a consolidated capacity decrease of 8.0% compared with the same period in 2008.
For the month of June, Air Canada reported a load factor of 80.9% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 82.2% in June 2008, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points. System traffic decreased 9.1% on a capacity reduction of 7.6% system wide.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 14.1 % during June and seat capacity was down 14.1 % vs. 2008. SAS Group carried 2.4 million passengers in June, down 12.9 % vs. 2008. Total passenger load factor in June was 76.7%, unchanged vs. June 2008.
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for June 2009. System traffic in June 2009, including both Delta and Northwest operations, decreased 6.3% compared to June 2008 on a 5.8% decrease in capacity, and load factor declined 0.5 points to 85.5%.
WestJet announced June traffic results with a load factor of 72.9%. Traffic decreased 7.1% year over year and capacity declined 2.5% over the same period.
American Airlines reported a June load factor of 85.1%, a decrease of 0.3 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.1% and capacity decreased 7.8% year over year.
AirTran Airways reported traffic for the month of June 2009. The airline reported that traffic was down 6.5% compared to the same period last year, capacity was down 5.3% and the load factor for the month was 83.6%, down 1.1 pts compared to June 2008.
