Alaska Air Group has released December operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 0.4% decrease in
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served more than 69.5 million passengers in 2018, thus posting a new record high in the airport’s history. Compared to 2017, traffic at Germany’s largest airport grew by some 5 million passengers or 7.8%. This strong growth resulted from the launch of more routes to new destinations from FRA and from airlines
In 2018, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group carried a total of 142 million passengers, setting a new passenger record. With more than 1.2 million flights and a seat load factor of 81.4%, the aircraft load factor was higher than ever before. The growth drivers for the network airlines were the Zurich hub and the
WestJet has posted December 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 82.8%, a decrease of 0.8 points year over year. Traffic increased 3.4% year over year, while capacity grew 4.5% over the same period. WestJet welcomed an additional 57,000 guests in December, a year over year increase of 2.7%.
United Airlines (UAL) has reported December 2018 operational results. UAL’s December 2018 consolidated traffic increased 6.9% and consolidated capacity increased 6.4% versus December 2017. UAL’s December 2018 consolidated load factor increased 0.4 points to 82.7% compared to December 2017.
In December 2018, Finnair carried 1,033,300 passengers, 8.6% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The overall capacity increased in December by 11.1%. Finnair’s traffic increased by 5.5% and the passenger load factor (PLF) decreased year-on-year by -4.0 points to 76.4%.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data figures for the month of November 2018, revealing that demand in terms of freight (metric) tonne kilometers (FTKs) was flat (0%) compared to November 2017, following 31 unbroken months of year-on-year increases. For the ninth month in a row, the rise in freight capacity growth, measured
International Airlines Group traffic in December 2018 increased by 8.8% versus 2017, while Group capacity rose by 9.4%. Group load factor was 80.4%, compared to 80.8% in December 2017. In 2018 IAG carried almost 113 million passengers, which is over 8 million more than in 2017.
Southwest Airlines has reported its December 2018 preliminary traffic statistics. The Company flew 11.1 billion revenue passenger miles in December 2018, an increase of 3.3% from December 2017. Capacity increased 5.4% in December 2018 and the load factor was 81.6%, compared with 83.3% in December 2017.
Norwegian has reported its highest ever passenger figures in a single year with more than 37 million passengers and a load factor of 86% in 2018. December 2018 was also characterised by passenger growth as Norwegian carried 2,402,005 passengers, up 15% from the same month previous year. Capacity was up 34% and traffic increased 24%
