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.
Continental Airlines reported a consolidated (mainline plus regional) traffic decrease of 6.5% and a capacity decrease of 7.8% as compared to June 2008. June consolidated load factor was 84.8%, 1.1 points above the June 2008 consolidated load factor.
Republic Airways reported a 4.5% increase in traffic for June 2009, while capacity increased 3.5%. The load factor was 79.3% versus 78.5% in June 2008. Approximately 1.8 million passengers were carried during the month, a 3.2% increase from the same month last year.
Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 80.7% in June 2009, compared to 79.5% in June 2008, on a 4.1% decline in capacity compared to the prior-year period. Traffic for June decreased 2.6% compared to the same period last year.
In May Finnair’s traffic declined by 11% from the previous year. Scheduled traffic in May was 9.8% lower than in 2008. Asian traffic declined by 10.8% and North American traffic by 7.0%. European traffic was 8.0% and domestic traffic 13.9% lower. In Cargo the fall in demand was sharper than in recent months and in
Iberia reported that the load facto stood at 78.0% in the overall network, 1.6 points below the one reached one year before. Traffic went down 11.4%, with a reduction of 9.6% in capacity. Traffic is still very weak, particularly in the business segment, due to the impact of the economic crisis. Mix deterioration is still
For the month of May, Air Canada reported a load factor of 79.5% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 83.2% in May 2008, a decrease of 3.7%. System traffic decreased 10.3% on a capacity reduction of 6.1% system wide. Air Canada mainline reported a load factor of 81.0% in May 2009 compared to 84.3%
Frontier Airlines Holdings announced preliminary traffic results for May 2009. Mainline traffic decreased 15.7% and capacity was down 14.9% from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor of 81.3%, a decrease of 0.9 points from May 2008.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 18.1 % during May and seat capacity was down 16.7% vs. 2008. SAS Group carried 2.2 million passengers in May, down 17.1% vs. 2008. Total passenger load factor in May was down by 1,2 p.u. to 71.5%.
British Airways reported that in May 2009 capacity was 5.3% below May 2008. Traffic fell by 6.5%, this resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 1.0 points versus last year, to 75.1%. Traffic comprised a 17.2% cent decrease in premium traffic and a 4.2% fall in non-premium traffic.
