Traffic

WestJet announced August 2011 traffic results with a load factor of 83.3%. Traffic increased 7.7% year over year, and capacity grew 6.2% over the same period.

Alaska Air reported August operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Aaska reported a 7.6% increase in traffic on a 5.4% increase in capacity compared to August 2010. This resulted in a 1.8-point increase in load factor to an August record 88.3%. Horizon reported an 18.5% decline in traffic on a 19.5% decline in

LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics and punctuality indicators for July 2011. System passenger traffic increased 16.0% as capacity rose 11.4%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 3.2 points to 82.5%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 69.8% of total passenger traffic. Starting in

In July 2011, Finnair traffic rose by 14.6% as the overall capacity grew 14.7% compared with July 2010. The load factor for July was 82.1%, the same as in July 2010.

Ryanair released that traffic in July 2011 grew by 6% compared to the same period in 2010 and that the load factor was up 1.0 pt to 89.0%.

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for July 2011. The Company reported a 2% decrease in traffic from the same month last year, while capacity stayed unchanged. Consolidated load factor was 85% versus 86% in July 2010.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for July 2011. System traffic in July 2011 was flat compared to July 2010 on a 1.0% increase in capacity. System load factor of 87.6% was 0.7 points lower than the prior year.

Alaska Air Group reported July operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis. Alaska reported a 6.8% increase in traffic on a 5.5% increase in capacity compared to July 2010. This resulted in a 1.1-point increase in load factor to a July record 88.5%. Horizon reported a 23.0% decline in

Porter Airlines reported July load factor of 66.8%, 4.8 points better than the previous year. Capacity was up 16.9% and traffic increased 26.1% compared to July 2010.

US Airways Group reported July 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 5.1% versus July 2010, while capacity up 2.0% versus July 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was an all-time record 88.3% up 2.6 points versus July 2010.