Norwegian has reported strong passenger growth as it carried almost 2.9 million passengers in November, an increase of 14% compared to the same month in the previous year. The total traffic for November increased by 26%, driven by a 34% capacity growth. The load factor was 78.8%, down 4.9 points compared to November 2017.
In November, Finnair carried 980,100 passengers, 3.2% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The overall capacity increased in November by 7.2%. Finnair’s traffic grew by 2.1%. The passenger load factor decreased year-on-year by 3.8% points to 74.6%.
International Airlines Group (IAG) has reported that traffic in November increased by 7.0% versus November 2017, while Group capacity rose by 6.9%. Group passenger load factor was 80.7%, the same as reported in November 2017.
Delta Air Lines has carried 15.5 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of November. Total traffic increased 4.2% when compared to November 2017, while total capacity increased 3.8%. Total load factor for the month was 85.8%, up 0.4 points compared to the previous year.
Ryanair, has released November traffic statistics as follows: Combined traffic in November grew 11% to 10.4 million passengers with a 96% load factor. Ryanair traffic grew 8% to 10.1 million customers, 96% load factor. Laudamotion traffic was 0.3 million customers, 93% load factor.
Alaska Air Group has reported October operational results on a consolidated basis for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary 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 2.4% increase in
JetBlue Airways Corporation has reported its preliminary traffic results for October 2018. Traffic in October increased 9.5% from October 2017, on a capacity increase of 8.9%. Load factor for October 2018 was 82.9% an increase of 0.5 points from October 2017. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.4% and its on-time performance was 78.8%. JetBlue continues
In October 2018, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed almost 6.4 million passengers – an increase of 5.2% year-on-year. Thus, traffic grew at a slightly more moderate rate compared to the previous months of the year. From January to October 2018, FRA experienced accumulated growth of 8.0%. Aircraft movements increased at a slightly disproportionately higher rate, climbing
SAS has reported that the number of passengers increased by 1.4% to 2.6 million in October 2018. Capacity and traffic declined by 0.6% and 1.0%, respectively. Passenger load factor was slightly down by 0.3 points to 74.6%.
In October 2018, the Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed around 13.2 million passengers. This shows an increase of 9% compared to the previous year’s month. Capacity was up 8.9% over the previous year, at the same time, traffic increased by 9.4%. Consequently the seat load factor increased by 0.4 points to 81.7% as compared to October
