In August 2018, the Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed around 13.8 million passengers. This shows an increase of 10.0% compared to the previous year’s month. Capacity for August was up 8.2% over the previous year at the same time, traffic increased by 8.7%. In addition as compared to August 2017, the seat load factor increased by
WestJet has reported August 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 89.0%, a decrease of 1.6 points year over year. Traffic increased 8.1% year over year, while capacity grew 10.0% over the same period. WestJet welcomed an additional 128,000 guests in August, a year-over-year increase of 5.4%.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has reported traffic increase of 5% for the month of August, while capacity improved 5.2% compared to the same period in 2017. The load factor for the month was 79.8%, down 0.1 point from the previous year.
Norwegian has reported strong passenger growth as it carried more than 3.6 million passengers in August. The total traffic growth increased by 31% this month, driven by a 33% capacity growth. The load factor was 89.6% down 1.5 points on the entire route network and 94% on Norwegian’s long-haul routes, which are operated by 787
Delta Air Lines has reported operating performance for August 2018. The company carried 18.3 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of August. System traffic for August was up 3.6% while capacity improved 3.5% compared to August 2017. System load factor was up 0.1 point to 88% when compared to
International Airlines Group traffic in August has increased by 7.0% versus the same period in 2017, while Group capacity rose by 6.5%. The load factor for August was up 0.5 points to 87% compared to August 2017.
Ryanair has released that August total traffic (including Lauda traffic) grew 9% to 13.8 million comapred to August 2017, with a 97% load factor. Ryanair traffic grew 5% to 13.3 million customers with a 97% load factor, while Lauda traffic was 0.5 million customers with a 92% load factor. ATC staff shortages and pilot strikes
In August, Finnair carried 1,205,300 passengers, 11.5% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The number of passengers grew in Asian traffic 13.4%, European traffic 12.2%, North America traffic 11.8% and domestic traffic 5.0%. Finnair’s overall capacity increased in August by 15.3% year-on-year and traffic grew by 13.0%. The load factor decreased year-on-year by
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced healthy global passenger demand for July with all regions reporting growth. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.2%, compared to the same month last year. While this was down from 8.1% year-over-year growth in June, it nevertheless marked a solid start to the peak passenger demand season. Monthly
Alaska Air Group has published July 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 7.6% percent increase
