Republic Airways reported that March traffic was in line with the same month last year, on a decrease in capacity of 2%. Consolidated load factor was 80% in March of 2012 versus 78% in the same month last year.
For the month of March 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 22.5% year over year, while capacity increased in the same proportion. System load factor for March 2012 was 76.0%, flat when compared to March 2011.
Norwegian (NAS) reported that traffic in March 2012 increased 22%, while capacity was up 17% compared to the previous year. The load factor was 78%, up 3.0 points compared to March 2011.
IAG’s March 2012 traffic rose by 6.2% versus March 2011, while capacity was up 1.1% compared to the previous year. Load factor for March was up 3.3 points to 78.8%.
American Eagle reported a March traffic increase of 6.0% year-over-year as capacity decreased 0.9%. March load factor was 75.9%, an increase of 5.0 points compared to the same period last year.
American Airlines reported a March load factor of 82.5%, an increase of 2.2 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased by 1.3%, while capacity was lower by 1.4% year-over-year.
For the month of March, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 81.5%, versus 79.5% in March 2011, an increase of 2.0 percentage points. System traffic increased 4.8% on a system-wide capacity increase of 2.2%.
Alaska reported a 4.7% increase in traffic on a 3.0% increase in capacity compared to March 2011. This resulted in a 1.4-point increase in load factor to a record 88.8%. Horizon reported a 15.2% decline in March traffic on a 14.3% decline in capacity compared to March 2011. This resulted in a 0.8-point decrease in
Porter Airlines’ March load factor grew 10.2 points, to 59.8% compared to the previous year. March traffic increased44.8%, while capacity increased 20%.
Delta reported that March 2012 consolidated traffic increased 2.0% on a 3.4% reduction in capacity compared to the previous year. This resulted in a 4.4 point improvement in load factor to 84.1%.
