Airlines & Routes

WestJet announced March traffic results with a load factor of 81.9%. Traffic increased 0.6% year over year and capacity, grew 6.3% over the same period last year.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for March 2009. System traffic in March 2009, including both Delta and Northwest operations, decreased 12.6% compared to March 2008 on a 7.9% decrease in capacity, and load factor declined 4.4 points to 80.5%.

JetBlue Airways reported that its traffic in March decreased 8.5% from March 2008, on a capacity decrease of 5.6%. Load factor for March 2009 was 79.3%, a decrease of 2.5 points from March 2008.

AirTran Airways reported traffic for the month of March 2009. The airline reported a traffic decrease of 7.2%, while capacity was down 8.4% compared to the same period last year. The load factor for the month was 80.7%, up 1.1 pts compared to March 2008.

Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 81.6% in March 2009, compared to 80.8% in March 2008, on a 9.0% decline in capacity compared to the prior-year period. Traffic for the month increased 8.1%. Horizon reported a decrease in load factor to 69.5% in March 2009, compared to 73.8 percent in March 2008, on

US Airways Group reported March 2009 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 8.9% versus March 2008, capacity was down 6.1% versus March 2008 and the load factor for the month was 81.9% down 2.6 points versus March 2008.

American Airlines reported a March load factor of 79.2%, a decrease of 4.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 10.9% and capacity decreased 5.6% year over year.

BA reported that in March 2009 passenger capacity was 0.9% above March 2008 and traffic fell by 7.3%. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 6.4 points, versus last year, to 72.7%. Traffic comprised a 13.0% decrease in premium traffic and a 6.0% fall in non-premium traffic.

Ryanair reported that traffic for the month of March 2009 improved 5% compared to the same period last year and that the load factor for the month dropped 2.0 pts to 77%.

Continental reported a consolidated traffic decrease of 9.7% for March 2009 and a consolidated capacity decrease of 6.4% as compared to March 2008. Continental reported a March consolidated load factor of 79.4%, 2.9 points below the March 2008 consolidated load factor.