Ryanair announced its 26th European and fifth Spanish base in Reus Barcelona. From October, Ryanair will invest $140 million in 2 new aircraft and 12 routes that will deliver 1,000 jobs and over 1million passengers p.a. for Tarragona.
Forward Air Corporation reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. Operating revenue for the quarter increased 22.8% to a record $114.5 million from $93.2 million for the same quarter in 2006. Income from operations was $20.0 million, compared with $18.9 million in the prior-year quarter, an increase of 5.9%.
SkyWest reported a 3.4% increase in traffic for January, while capacity increased 5.1% compared to the same period last year. Load factor was down 1.2 percentage points to 71.0% compared to 72.2% for the same period last year.
Delta Air Lines reported system traffic increased 2.5% in January 2008 on a capacity increase of 0.2%. The system load factor for the month was 75.4% an increase of 1.7 pts compared to the same period last year.
Air Canada reported that traffic increased 3.4% in January 2008, capacity increased by 3.3%, resulting in a load factor of 78.7% compared to 78.6% in January 2007. Jazz, from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity, reported 8.1% more traffic in January 2008 than in January 2007, capacity increased by 7.8%, resulting in a load factor
JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that its traffic in January increased 7.2% from January 2007, on a capacity increase of 8.0%. Load factor for January 2008 was 75.6%, a decrease of 0.5 points from January 2007.
American Eagle reported a January load factor of 65.3% an improvement of 0.9 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 4.0% year over year as capacity decreased 5.3%. American Eagle boarded 1.5 million passengers in January.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for January 2008. Trafffic increased 34.1% over the same month last year, while capacity increased 30.6%. Load factor was 65.6% versus 63.9% in January 2007.
United Airlines reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2008. The company reported a January passenger load factor of 76.5%, down 1.5 pts compared to January 2007. Traffic decreased in January by 5.3% on a capacity decrease of 3.4% compared with the same period in 2007.
Alaska’s January traffic increased 9.9%, capacity was 6.2% higher than in January 2007 and the passenger load factor for the month was 68.9% compared to 66.5% in January 2007. Horizon’s January traffic increased 7.2% while capacity during January was 4.9% higher than in January 2007. The passenger load factor for the month was 64.7%, compared
