Continental Airlines reported an October consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 79.0%, 0.5 points below the October 2007 consolidated load factor. Consolidated traffic decreased 7.3% and capacity decreased 6.7% compared to October 2007.
Operating revenues for the quarter totaled $902 million, representing growth of 17.9% over operating revenues of $765 million in the third quarter of 2007. Operating income for the quarter was $22 million, resulting in a 2.4% operating margin, compared to operating income of $79 million and a 10.3% operating margin in the third quarter of
Iberia reported that September 2008 capacity decreased by 1.4% and traffic fell by 6.3% compared to the same month in 2007. The load factor stood at 80.6% compared to 84.8% in September 2007.
Pinnacle Airlines reported that traffic in September decreased 2%, while capacity was up 0.9% compared to the same period in 2007. The load factor for the month was 73.7%, 2.2 pts lower than in September 2007.
Finnair total traffic increased by 7.1% in September, while the capacity was up by 3.1%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 77.9% or 2.9 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 745 364 passengers, which is 0.9% more than a year ago.
Air France KLM reported that traffic increased 0.5% in September 2008 and capacity increased 2.2% compared to the same month in 2007. The load factor stood at 80.9%, down 1.4 points.
BA reported that in September 2008, passenger capacity was 0.8% above September 2007 and that traffic fell by 4.8%. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 4.3 points versus last year, to 74.0%. Traffic comprised an 8.6% decrease in premium traffic and a 4.1% fall in non-premium traffic.
easyJet reported that traffic increased 22.1% in September compared to the same period in 2007 and the load factor for the month increased 1.8 pts to 86.9%.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 6.7% during September and seat capacity was up 1,7% vs 2007. SAS Group carried 3.3 million passengers in September, down 8.4% vs 2007 and the total load factor was down by 6.3 pts to 69.6%.
JetBlue Airways reported that its traffic in September decreased 4.8% from September 2007, on a capacity decrease of 11.5%. Load factor for September 2008 was 76.7%, an increase of 5.3 points from September 2007.
