American Airlines reported a November load factor of 82.3%, an increase of 1.9 points versus the same period last year. Capacity was lower by 4.0%, while traffic was lower by 1.7% year-over-year. American Eagle reported a November traffic increase of 7.2% year over year as capacity increased 5.8%. November load factor was 73.9%, an increase
US Airways Group announced November 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 3.4% versus November 2010, while mainline capacity was down 0.6% versus November 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 83.8% for the month of November, up 3.2 points versus November 2010.
Hawaiian Airlines announced the next step in its long-range fleet renewal and expansion plan with the signing of a new firm order with Airbus to purchase five new A330-200 aircraft for delivery between 2013 and 2015, with purchase rights for an additional three A330s. With these five new A330s on order, Hawaiian will be adding 13
Vueling reported traffic increase of 5.9% for October 2011, while capacity increased 3.5% year over year. The company has reached a load factor of 76.8%, 1.8 points higher than last year.
SAS Group’s traffic increased by 2.6% during October and capacity increased 3.3% compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor decreased by 0.5 pts in October to 75%. SAS Group carried 2.6 million passengers in October, up 3.9%.
For the month of October 2011, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 14.7%, while capacity increased 20.8%. System load factor for October 2011 was 74.0%, a 3.9 pt decline when compared to October 2010.
Finnair traffic rose by approximately 9.1% October 2011, as the overall capacity grew by 14.8% compared with October 2010. The load factor was down 4.1 pts to 63.4% compared to the same period in 2010. Asian capacity grew by 26.9% and traffic increased by 14.1%.
Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, reported preliminary traffic results for October 2011. Frontier’s traffic increased 2%, while capacity was down 3%. October had a load factor of 88% compared to 83% in the same month last year, up 5.o pts.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2011. Traffic was 3% lower than the same month last year, while capacity was down 4%. Consolidated load factor was 82% in October of 2011, versus 81% in the same month last year.
For the month of October, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 79.4%, versus 80.3% in October 2010, a decrease of 0.9 pts. System traffic increased 2.0% on a system-wide capacity increase of 3.2%.
