Continental Airlines reported a December consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 77.7 percent, 1.2 points above last year’s December consolidated load factor. The carrier reported a mainline load factor of 78.0 percent, 0.7 points above the December 2004 mainline load factor, and a domestic mainline load factor of 79.7 percent, 2.6 points above December
Southwest Airlines begins its Denver service with 13 daily nonstop flights to Chicago Midway, Las Vegas , and Phoenix. Beginning March 4, 2006, Southwest Airlines will offer new nonstop service between Denver and Baltimore/Washington and new nonstop service between Denver and Salt Lake City.
United Airlines reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2005. The company reported its highest-ever December passenger load factor of 80 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in December by 0.5 percent on a capacity decrease of 2.3 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2004.
ExpressJet revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totaled 817.2 million, up 23.1 percent over December 2004, and available seat miles (ASMs) increased by 15.6 percent compared with December 2004. ExpressJet’s December load factor was 75.4 percent, a 4.6 point increase over December 2004. The company flew 75,312 block hours, compared with 65,881 block hours in December 2004,
American Airlines reported a December load factor of 78.9 percent
American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December increased 23.8 percent from December 2004, on a capacity increase of 13.7 percent. System load factor was 71.6 percent, up 5.9 points year over year. American Eagle boarded 1.69 million passengers in December, up 11.7 percent from December 2004.
The Association of European Airlines reported a traffic growth of 8.6% in November 2005 while capacity increased by 4.8%; resulting in a load factor of 73.7%. Continued high growth of 13.6% was reported for the Far Eastern market, an above-average increase of 9.5% in cross-border Europe, and 4.1% for the North Atlantic market.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced traffic results to the end of November 2005. Freight traffic for November showed 2.8% growth over 2004, while passenger traffic grew at 6.1%. For the first 11 months of the year, freight recorded 2.8% growth while passenger traffic was up 7.7%. Passenger load factors for November were 73%.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. reported preliminary system statistics and traffic results for November 2005 and for the 11-month period ended November 30, 2005. Total block-hour activity during November decreased 8.8% compared with the same month in 2004, while the average number of aircraft operated remained constant. Block hours operated in the ACMI segment decreased
Icelandair carried 94.322 passengers in November, an increase of 15,3% from November 2004. The capacity (ASK) in November increased by 3,2% compared to the same month last year and sales (RPK) increased by 14,7%, resulting in passenger load factor of 74,6%, up by 7,4 percentage points from last year.
