Alaska’s September traffic increased 0.2%, capacity during September was 5.0% lower than the 1.988 billion in September 2007. The passenger load factor for the month was 75.8%, 4.0 points higher than the 71.8 percent in September 2007.
WestJet released September traffic statistics, announcing a load factor of 75.5 %. This was accompanied by an increase in traffic of 11.0% and growth in capacity of 15.8%. Over the month, 46,573 more guests were flown compared to September 2007.
American Airlines reported a September load factor of 76.6%, a decline of 1.8 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 9.1% and capacity decreased 7.0% year over year.
Continental Airlines reported a September consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 76.5%, 2.5 points below the September 2007 consolidated load factor. Consolidated traffic decreased 10.9% and capacity decreased of 8.1% as compared to September 2007.
Southwest Airlines reported that traffic in September 2008 decreased 5.9% compared to September 2007, capacity increased 0.8 % and the load factor for the month was 63.4%, compared to 67.9% for the same period last year.
Finnair will reach an important milestone for its Japanese flights when the company starts flying daily to Tokyo in 2010. Air traffic agreement negotiations between Finland and Japan in September 2008 agreed on the right to increase the number of flights to all of Finnair’s present destinations in Japan, namely Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Finland
Finnair traffic increased by 9.3% in August, while the capacity was up by 5.0%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 80.3% or 3.2 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 723 312 passengers, which is 1.8% more than a year ago.
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for August 2008. System traffic decreased 0.5% year over year on a 1.5% decrease in capacity. System load factor increased by 0.9 points to 85.9% compared to the same period in 2007.
For the month of August, Air Canada reported a load factor of 84.4% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 83.8% in August 2007, an increase of 0.6 pts. System traffic decreased 1.5% on a capacity decrease of 2.2% system wide.
SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 0,7% during August and seat capacity was up 2,2% vs 2007. SAS Group carried 3.3 million passengers in August, down 4,7% vs 2007 and the total load factor was down by 2,1 p.u. to 74.4%.
