American Eagle reported a September traffic increase of 9.2% year over year as capacity increased 7.8%. September load factor was 72.6%, an increase of 0.9 points compared to the same period last year.
American Airlines reported a September load factor of 81.4%, an increase of 1.3 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 1.9% on a capacity increase of 0.3% year-over-year.
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for September 2011. System load factor was 83.6%, 1.1 points higher than the prior year, on a 2.2% decrease in capacity. System traffic decreased 0.9%.
Frontier Airlines’ traffic increased 2% in September 2011 while capacity was down 2% compared to the same period in 2010. September had a load factor of 86% compared to 83% in the same month last year.
Republic Airways Holdings released preliminary passenger traffic results for September 2011. Traffic for the month decreased 2% compared to the same month last year, while capacity was down 3%. Consolidated load factor was 80% in September of 2011 versus 79% in the same month last year.
US Airways Group announced September 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 0.9% versus September 2010, mainline capacity was down 2.7% versus September 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 83.6% for the month of September, up 1.5 points versus September 2010.
Porter Airlines reported a September load factor of 68%, 12.2 points higher than the previous year. Capacity for the month grew 20.4% and traffic increased 46.8%.
Ryanair reported a 6% traffic increase for the month of August 2011 and a load factor of 89%, the same as in August 2010.
For the month of August 2011 Norwegian reported a traffic increase of 26% compared to the same month in 2010, while capacity increased 21%. The load factor for the month reached 82%, up 3.0 pts compared to the previous year.
International Airlines Group (IAG) released that group traffic in August 2011 rose by 2.2% versus August 2010 and capacity was up 2.1%.
