International Airlines Group traffic in December increased by 3.9% versus December 2015, while Group capacity rose by 3.1% compared to the previous year. Group load factor was 79.2%, up 0.6 points compared to December 2015.
Ryanair released December traffic statistics, reporting a 20% increase in traffic compared to December 2015. The load factor for the month was up 3.0 points, to 94%.
Norwegian reported December capacity growth of 29% compared to December 2015, while traffic was up 31%. The load factor was 84.6%, an increase of 1.3 points compared to the same period on 2015.
Delta reported that December 2016 system traffic increased 2.6%, while capacity for the month was up 1.5% when compared to the same period in 2015. System load factor was up 0.9 points to 85.3% compared to December the previous year.
JetBlue Airways Corporation reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2016. Traffic in November increased 7.1% from November 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.2%. Load factor for November 2016 was 85.4%, an increase of 1.5 points from November 2015.
WestJet reported November 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 80.0% an increase of 1.4 points year over year. Traffic increased 14.3% year over year, while capacity grew 12.4% over the same period.
With some 4.1 million passengers served in November 2016, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) saw passenger traffic increase by 4.9% compared to the previous year, despite the Lufthansa pilot strike affecting some 345,000 passengers and almost 2,600 aircraft movements. This increase, however, was largely attributable to a base effect resulting from the cabin crew strikes in November
American Airlines Group (AAL) reported November traffic results. Total traffic for November 2016 was down 0.2% versus November 2015. Total capacity was up 0.1% versus November 2015. Total passenger load factor was 80.9% down 0.3 points versus November 2015.
In November Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 1.7% and traffic was up by 1.5% year‐over‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 0.2 points to 76.0%.
International Airlines Group (IAG) reported Group traffic in November increased by 3.2% versus November 2015, while Group capacity rose by 3.7% year over year. Group load factor for November was down 0.4 points to 78.9%.
