WestJet will commence new non-stop service between Vancouver and Honolulu, Hawaii today. WestJet now offers five non-stop return flights per week between Vancouver and Honolulu with connecting service to several destinations across Canada.
Korean Air continues to see strong passenger traffic and carried 1.97 million passengers in October, up 12.8% compared to 1.75 million in the same period last year.Thanks to increased capacity, revenue passenger kilometers (RPK)
Cathay Pacific Airways will commence daily service between Hong Kong and Rome, starting 27 March 2006. The airline also announced the launch of two other new services to Europe – to Moscow and Manchester, England, which will start 27 March 2006. The new services follow Cathay Pacific’s biggest order for new aircraft, intended to increase
Air France-KLM’s November traffic increased by 12.2% on 8.0% higher capacity. The load factor improved by 2.9 points to 78.6%. The number of passenger carried increased by 9.2% to 5.5 million.
easyJet reported that the airline carried in November 2,297,895 passengers, up 8.3% compared to the same period in 2004. The airline’s load factor decreased by 1 point to 80.2%.
Virgin Atlantic will launch a direct weekly service between Manchester and St Lucia from Thursday 16 November 2006. The new service to St Lucia will be operated by a Boeing 747-400.
Midwest Air scheduled service traffic increased by 49.8% in November to 274,452 RPMs. Capacity increased by 49.5% to 390,919 ASMs resulting in a load factor of 70.2% (+0.1%). Year to date scheduled service traffic increased by 32.5% while capacity increased by 16.2% with a load factor of 72.3% (+7.7 points).
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. reported for November 2005 434 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 52.1% increase over the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased to 632.5 million, a 52.2% increase. Load factor was 68.5% versus 68.6% in November 2004. A total of 778,845 passengers were carried during the month, a
WestJet’s November 2005 revenue passenger miles climed by 29.3% to 604.2 million, up from 467.2 million in November 2004. Year to date, RPMs increased 28.1% to 7,220.6 million from 5,636.3 million in the same period in 2004. Available seat miles (ASMs) grew 5.2% to 840.3 million in November 2005, up from 798.7 million in November
United Airlines reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2005. The company reported its highest-ever November passenger load factor of 79.9 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in November by 1.9 percent on a capacity decrease of 2.9 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2004.
