Traffic

For the month of October, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 82.9%, versus 79.4% in October 2011, an increase of 3.5 points. System traffic increased 4.9% on a system-wide capacity increase of 0.4%. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including regional airlines from which Air Canada purchases capacity.

Alaska reported an 8.5% increase in traffic on a 5.1% increase in capacity compared to October 2011. This resulted in a 2.6-point increase in load factor to an October record of 85.2%. Horizon reported a 7.9% increase in traffic on an 8.1% increase in capacity compared to October 2011. This resulted in a 0.1-point decrease

US Airways Group traffic for the month were 5.1bn, up 3% versus October 2011. Mainline capacity was flat versus October 2011. Load factor was a record 86.2% for the month of October, up 2.5 points versus October 2011.

WestJet announced October 2012 traffic results with a record load factor of 81.2%, traffic increased 5.9% year over year, and capacity grew 0.9% over the same period. WestJet flew 113,000 more guests this October compared to October of last year.

United Continental Holdings reported September 2012 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL’s consolidated traffic in September 2012 decreased 2.1% and consolidated capacity decreased 1.3% versus September 2011. UAL’s consolidated load factor in September 2012 decreased 0.7 points to 82.1% compared to September 2011.

AMR’s September consolidated traffic fell 2.8% compared to the same period in 2011, while consolidated capacity was 3.4% lower year-over-year. This resulted in a consolidated load factor of 81.1%, an increase of 0.5 points versus the same period last year.

SAS Group reported September traffic increase of 8.3% compared to September 2011, while capacity was up 3.5% year over year. The Group’s load factor was up 1.9 points to 76.5%

Ryanair released that September traffic increased 8% year-over-year and the load factor for September was down 1.0 point to 84%.

Air France KLM released that in September 2012, traffic rose by 0.9% for capacity was up by 0.8%. The load factor therefore remained stable at 85.2% (+0.1 point).