United Airlines reported August 2014 operational results. UAL’s August 2014 consolidated traffic increased 0.1% and consolidated capacity increased 0.2% versus August 2013. UAL’s August 2014 consolidated load factor decreased 0.1 points to 87.3% compared to August 2013.
Virgin America reported that traffic increased 2.9% in August, on capacity that was 1.2% lower than in the same month in 2013. Load factor was 85.6%, up 3.4 points from August 2013.
SAS reported August total traffic increase of 6.3%, when compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 3.2%. The load factor for August was up 2.4 points to 82.9%.
In August, Finnair’s overall capacity increased by 0.2% and traffic decreased by 0.3% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor was 84.8%, down 0.4 points, when compared to August 2013.
For the month of August, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 89.8%, versus 89.5% in August 2013 representing an increase of 0.3 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 10.4%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for August increased 10.8%.
Ryanair reported August 2014 traffic increase of 4.0% when compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor was up 4.0 points to 93%.
International Airlines Group reported that August 2014 traffic increased by 8.7% versus August 2013, while Group capacity rose by 9.5%. The load factor dropped slightly 0.6 points, to 84.7%.
WestJet announced August 2014 traffic results with an all-time record load factor of 89.3%, an increase of 1.4 points year over year. Traffic increased 7.4% year over year, and capacity grew 5.7% over the same period.
Alaska Air Group reported August and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis, and for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 6.2% increase in traffic on a 6.6% increase in capacity compared to August 2013. Load factor decreased 0.4 points to 87.6%. Horizon reported a 3.5% increase in August traffic on
Delta reported that traffic for the month of August increased 3.1% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 2.7%. The load factor for August increased 0.3 points to 87.6%.
