easyJet load factor improved by 2.4 percentage points in February compared to the prior year. The number of passengers flown by easyJet in February 2009 was 6.8% below February 2008.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 20.1 % during February and capacity was down 12.2% vs 2008. SAS Group carried 1.8 million passengers in February, down 19.6% vs 2008. Total passenger load factor in February was down by 6.1 pts to 61.9%.
American Airlines reported a February load factor of 73.9%, a decrease of 2.9 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 13.5% and capacity decreased 10.1% year over year.
American Eagle reported a February load factor of 65.2% – down 3.8 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 14.1% year over year as capacity decreased 9.1%.
For the month of February, Air Canada reported a load factor of 79.6% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, matching a February 2007 record, versus 79.2% in February 2008, an increase of 0.4 percentage points. System traffic decreased 10.5% on a capacity reduction of 11.0% system wide.
Alaska Air Group reported February operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). Alaska reported a slight increase in load factor to 73.5% in February 2009, compared to 73.3% in February 2008, on a 10.5% decline in capacity compared to the prior-year period and a decline in traffic of 10.2% Horizon
WestJet announced February traffic results with a load factor of 82.6%. Traffic increased 5.5% year over year and capacity grew 5.7% over the same period.
United Airlines reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for February 2009. The company reported a February consolidated passenger load factor of 73.2%, down 1.0 pts, total consolidated traffic decreased in February by 15.2% on a consolidated capacity decrease of 14.0% compared with the same period in 2008.
US Airways Group reported February 2009 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 9.3% versus February 2008. Capacity was down 9.3% versus February 2008 and the load factor for the month of February was 77.2%, or flat versus February 2008.
Continental Airlines reported a February consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 72.5%, 3.5 points below the February 2008 consolidated load factor. Continental reported a consolidated traffic decrease of 13.2% and a consolidated capacity decrease of 8.9% as compared to February 2008.
