Airlines & Routes

Iberia reported that the load factor stood at 84.6%, compared to 86.3% last year, with a 0.6% increase in capacity and a 1.4% drop in traffic (RPK).

Singapore Airlines has launched a new all-Business Class service from Los Angeles to Singapore on Sunday, August 10th. This is the second all-Business Class service Singapore Airlines offers from North America, bringing the enhanced non-stop product to the West Coast after its initial launch in New York (Newark) on May 15, 2008. The newly reconfigured

SkyWest reported combined July traffic for SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Capacity decreased 3.3% in July, while traffic decreased by 4.7% compared to the same period last year. Load factor was down 1.2 pts to 80.1% compared to 81.3% for the same period last year.

WestJet reported July traffic statistics with a load factor of 79.7% down 2.9 pts compared to July 2007, capacity was up 22.7% and traffic was up 18.3% compared to the same period last year.

Delta Air Lines announced a new daily nonstop flight between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Mumbai, India, starting Nov. 1, 2008. The new flight will connect the world’s largest airport with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Delta’s recently acquired Boeing 777-200 Long Range (LR) aircraft will make the 17-hour, 55-minute westbound nonstop flight possible.

In July 2008, traffic rose by 1.8% with capacity up 3.9%. The load factor stood at 84.4%, down 1.8 points. Air France-KLM recorded good progress in yield and unit revenue excluding currency impact, driven by business traffic. The group carried 7.1 million passengers (-0.3%).

easyJet carried 20% more passengers in July 2008 than the previous year, the load factor for the month was reported at 89.3%, 0.8 pts higher than in June 2007.

Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 6.5% in July, while the capacity was up by 4.8%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 81.0% or 1.3 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 715 711 passengers, which is 1.2% more than a year ago.

SAS Group’s traffic increased by 2,7% during July and seat capacity was up by 4,9% vs 2007. SAS Group carried 3,5 million passengers in July, down 0.3% vs 2007. Total load factor was down by 1.7 p.u. to 78.9%.

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of July 2008. System passenger traffic for July 2008 increased 12.5% and capacity increased 19% year-over-year (vs. July 2007). System load factor for the month was 64.7%, down 3.8pts compared to July 2007.