Grupo Aeromexico, the largest intercontinental airline in Mexico, reported that capacity increased 10% in December 2011, while traffic grew 11% compared to December 2010. As a result, the load factor for the month was 78.1%. The calendar year 2011 ended with a record high figure of 14.33m passengers transported, representing a 20% increase over the total passengers transported in
SAS Group released that traffic decreased by 1.4% during December 2011 while capacity increased 2.8% compared to the same period in 2010. Passenger load factor decreased by 3 points to 70%.
Air France-KLM reported that December capacity was up by 6.3% and traffic rose 7.5% compared to the same period in 2010, leading to a one point gain in load factor to 81.5%.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for December 2011. Traffic increased 3% compared to December 2010, while capacity increased 1%. The load factor for the month was up 3.0 points to 79% compared to the previous year.
Southwest Airlines December traffic declined 0.3% compared to December 2010, while capacity increased 1.8%. The load factor for December was down 1.7 points to 78.4%.
Ryanair released that December traffic decreased 5% compared to the same month in 2010 and the load factor was down 1.0 pt to 79%.
Norwegian’s traffic increased 24% in December 2011 and capacity increased 22%. The load factor for the month was up 1.0 pt to 77%, compared to December 2011.
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for December 2011. System load factor increased 0.8 points to 80.9%, as traffic declined 2.3% on 3.3% lower capacity year over year.
WestJet reprted record December 2011 traffic results with a load factor of 80.9%, tying its second highest December load factor ever. Traffic increased 8% year over year, and capacity grew 7.1% over the same period.
Porter Airlines released that December traffic increased 29.9% compared to December 2010 and capacity increased 26.7%. The load factor was up 1.5 pts to 63.9%.
