LAN Airlines S.A. released that during November, system passenger traffic increased 13.4% as capacity rose 15.1%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month decreased 1.3 points to 80.3%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 65.6% of total passenger traffic. Starting in January 2011, these figures include AIRES’ domestic and international operations.
United and Continental’s combined consolidated traffic in November 2011 decreased 3.6% versus November 2010, on a combined consolidated capacity decrease of 4.0%. The carriers’ combined consolidated load factor in November 2011 increased 0.3 points to 81.2% compared to the same period last year.
SAS Group carried 2.3 million passengers in November 2011, up 4.6%, traffic increased by 0.8% and capacity increased 2.6% vs the same period last year. The passenger load factor decreased by 1.3 pts to 68.7%.
Norwegian released that traffic for the month of November 2011 increased by 19%, while capacity increased by 19%. The load factor was 77%, which is equivalent to last year.
AirFrance KLM released that in November 2011, traffic rose 2.5% for capacity up 1.7%, leading to a 0.6 point rise in the load factor to 79.7%. The number of passengers stood at 5.87 million, up 2.6%.
Ryanair released that traffic for the month of November fell by 0.8% compared to the same period in 2010. The load factor for the month was recorded at 80%, the same as in November 2010.
In November 2011, IAG Group traffic rose by 2.1% versus November 2010, while capacity was up 2.4%. The load factor for the month fell 0.3 pts to 75.3% compared to the previous year.
Hawaiian Airlines announced its systemwide traffic statistics for the month of November. Traffic increased 19% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 20.1%. The load factor fell 0.8 pts to 84.4%.
Southwest Airlines released November 2011 combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran. The Company reported that traffic increased 2.5% compared to the previous year while capacity increased 0.7%. The load factor for the month was 81.6% compared to the combined load factor of 80.2% in November 2010.
Delta Air Lines reported that system load factor increased 1.9 points to 81.4%, as traffic declined 1.9% on 4.1% lower capacity year over year. Domestic load factor increased 3.2 points to 83.5%, as traffic increased 1.4% on 2.6% lower capacity over prior year.
