Delta reported August traffic increased 0.2%, while capacity was down 0.8% year over year. The load factor for the month of August was up 0.9 points to 87.8%.
In August 2012 International Airlines Group (IAG) traffic rose by 5.0% versus August 2011, while Group capacity rose 5.6%. The Group load factor for the month was 84.4%, down 0.5 points compared to the previous year.
US Airways Group reported August 2012 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 5.3% versus August 2011, while capacity was up 5.3% versus August 2011. Mainline load factor was 87.3% for the month of August, flat versus August 2011.
In July, Grupo Aeromexico’s traffic increased 2.9% and capacity grew 7.2%, year-on-year. As a result, the load factor for the month was 83.4%, down 3.5% year over year.
Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary traffic results for July 2012. For the month, Frontier had a load factor of 93% compared to 92% in July 2011. Frontier’s traffic decreased 8% and capacity decreased 8% year over year.
For the month of July 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 20.4% year over year, while capacity increased 27.5%. As a result, system load factor for July 2012 was 78.6%, a 4.6 point decrease when compared to July 2011.
Vueling reported a July 2012 traffic increase of 31.9% compared to July 2011 while capacity increaed 28%. The load factor for the month increased 2.3 points to 80.3%.
AMR Corporation reported July 2012 consolidated traffic results for its principal subsidiary, American Airlines, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Eagle Holding Corporation. Consolidated capacity and traffic were both lower by 2.2% year-over-year, resulting in a July consolidated load factor of 87.0% which is comparable to the same period last year.
United Continental Holdings reported July 2012 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL’s consolidated traffic in July 2012 decreased 2.8% and consolidated capacity decreased 2.1% versus July 2011. The company’s consolidated load factor in July 2012 decreased 0.6 points to 86.6%, compared to July 2011.
SAS Group’s capacity increased by 6.3%, while traffic increased by 5.8%. The passenger load factor decreased by 0.4 points to 80.2%.
