Delta has reported operating performance for May 2018. System traffic for the month increased 2.9% compared to the previous year, while capacity was up 3.5%. System load factor slightly dropped, 0.4 points, to 86.3% compared to May 2017.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for April 2018 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 6.2% compared to April 2017, which was down from a 12-month high of 9.7% in March. Comparisons with the year ago period are impacted by developments a year ago – including
Alaska Air Group has reported April operational results on a consolidated basis for its mainline operations flown by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 5.8%
Turkish Airlines released that after a double-digit passenger increase in the first quarter of 2018, the number of passengers carried in April increased by 15%, reaching 6.4 million passengers. This is the highest April load factor in Turkish Airlines’ history with 83.2%. Total load factor improved by 4.1 points compared to April 2017, with an
SAS has reported that the number of passengers increased by 5.6% to 2.5 million in April 2018. Scheduled traffic decreased 2.2% while capacity increased 1.9% year over year. The load factor decreased by 3.0 points versus last year to 72.7%.
The Fraport Group saw revenue and earnings figures increase significantly during the first quarter of business year 2018 (ending March 31). Supported by strong passenger growth at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) and most of the airports in Fraport’s international portfolio, Group revenue advanced by 15.0% to €681.7m. Major revenue contributions came from Fraport Greece (€44.3m) and
In April 2018, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 12.2 million passengers. This shows an increase of 9.1% compared to the previous year’s month, although last year’s German Easter holidays fell in April. Traffic for April 2018 increased 6.0%, while capacity was up 7.4% over the previous year. The load factor decreased by
Hawaiian Airlines has announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month ended April 30, 2018. Hawaiian welcomed more than 961 thousand guests in April 2018, an increase of 6.3% over the same period last year. Total traffic increased 7.1% on an increase of 7.3% in capacity. Load factor decreased 0.1 points to 85.2%.
United Airlines (UAL) has reported April 2018 operational results. UAL’s April 2018 consolidated traffic increased 5.1% and consolidated capacity increased 6.1% versus April 2017. UAL’s April 2018 consolidated load factor decreased 0.8 points to 82.3% compared to April 2017.
Finnair’s overall capacity increased by 15.7% in April, while Finnair’s traffic grew by 15.4% compared to the previous year. The passenger load factor decreased by 0.2 points to 82.6%.
