JetBlue Airways reported that its traffic in April decreased 2.7% from April 2008, on a capacity decrease of 4.0%. Load factor for April 2009 was 80.6%, an increase of 1.1 points from April 2008.
Alaska Air Group reported April operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 78.9% in April 2009, compared to 76.9% in April 2008, on an 8.3% decline in available seat miles compared to the prior-year period. Horizon reported a load factor of 69.2% in April
WestJet announced April load factor of 81.2%, traffic increased 5.5% and capacity grew 7.2% over the same period last year..
Gulfstream International Group reported financial results for the first quarter of 2009. Operating income was $1,820,000 for the March 2009 quarter, compared to an operating loss of $1,932,000 for the first quarter of 2008. Net income was $730,000 for the March 2009 quarter compared to a net loss of $1,286,000 for the comparable quarter last
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for April 2009. The company reported that traffic decreased 2.8% from the same month last year, while capacity decreased 2.0%. Load factor was 75.3% versus 75.9% in April 2008.
AirTran Airways reported traffic for the month of April 2009. Traffic was up 0.3% compared to the same period last year, capacity was down 7.9% and the load factor for the month of April was up 6.5 pts to 80.4%
American Airlines reported an April load factor of 81.3% an increase of 1.2 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 4.7% and capacity decreased 6.1% year over year.
ExpressJet’s March revenue passenger miles totaled 670 million, and available seat miles flown were 889 million. ExpressJet’s March load factor was 75.4%. The company flew 58,621 block hours and operated 30,045 departures during the month. ExpressJet had a total of 244 planes in its fleet during March – 214 allocated to flying as Continental Express
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of March 2009. Domestic passenger traffic for March 2009 decreased 1.3% and capacity increased 0.1% year-over-year. Domestic load factor for the month was 57% and international load factor was 44%. GOL’s total system load factor for the month of March was 55%.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 16.7% during March and seat capacity was down 3.9% vs. 2008. SAS Group carried 2.2 million passengers in March, down 9.3% vs. 2008, Load factor in February was down by 9.9 p.u. to 64.5%.
