Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, carried a record number of passengers and cargo in 2014, marking its strongest operational performance to date. Almost 14.8 million passengers flew with Etihad Airways last year, a significant increase of 23% over 2013 levels. The growth in passenger demand continued to outstrip the airline’s
UAL’s December 2014 consolidated traffic increased 0.1% and consolidated capacity increased 2.3% versus December 2013. UAL’s December 2014 consolidated load factor decreased 1.9 points to 83.5% compared to December 2013.
Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for December 2014. Traffic increased 3.0% over the same period in 2013, on an 8% increase in capacity. The load factor decreased 4 points from the same period in 2013.
In December Finnair’s overall capacity decreased by 1.5% and traffic grew by 0.2% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor for December was 77.0% up 1.3 points.
WestJet announced December 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 80.9%. Traffic increased 5.1% year over year, and capacity grew 6.1% over the same period.
For the month of December 2014 Air Canada reported system load factor of 82.6%, on a system-wide capacity increase of 8.5%, versus a load factor of 82.7% in December 2013. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for December increased 8.3%.
Alaska reported a 9.4% increase in traffic on a 12.7% increase in capacity compared to December 2013. This resulted in a 2.6-point decrease in load factor to 85.4%. Horizon reported a 1.6% increase in traffic on a 3.5% increase in capacity compared to December 2013. This resulted in a 1.5-point decrease in load factor to
Delta reported December 2014 traffic increased 2.1% compared to the same period in 2013, while capacity increased 4% year over year. The load factor for December was up 1.5 points to 85.2%.
Finnair’s overall capacity for November 2014 decreased by 0.9% and traffic grew by 6.0% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor for the month was 76.3% up 5.0 points when compared to November 2013. SAS reported that scheduled capacity decreased in November by 1.4%, while traffic grew by 3.7% resulting in a 3.4 point improvement in the load
UAL’s November 2014 consolidated traffic decreased 0.3% and consolidated capacity decreased 0.4% versus November 2013. UAL’s November 2014 consolidated load factor increased 0.1 points compared to November 2013.
