For the month of May Delta reported traffic increase of 5.8% compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor was up 3.6% year over year. The load factor for May increased 1.7 points to 86.5%.
Honeywell Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Germany-based maintenance, repair and overhaul company HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH, to deliver its JetWave in-flight Wi-Fi hardware for two charter Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) 319 aircraft owned and operated by HAITEC customer Tyrolean Jet Services. JetWave is capable of delivering downlink speeds to the cabin of
Norwegian reported passenger traffic increased by 49% in April 2014, while capacity increased by 37% compared to the same period in 2013. The load factor was 79.8% in April, up 6.2 points.
International Airlines Group reported April traffic increase of 18.0% compared to the same period in 2013, Group capacity for the month was up by 16.6%. Group load factor for April was up 1.3 points to 80.2%.
In April, Finnair traffic increased by 4.2% and the overall capacity decreased by 0.5% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor increased by 3.6 points and was 79.4%.
American Airlines Group’s total traffic for the month was up 4.7% versus April 2013, while total capacity was up 3.7% versus April 2013. Total passenger load factor was 82.9% for the month of April, up 0.7 points versus April 2013.
SAS´ traffic for the month of April increased by 13.7%, while capacity was up by 1.2%, when compared to the same period in 2013. The load factor decreased by 8.6 points to 78.6%.
UAL’s April 2014 consolidated traffic increased 0.6% and consolidated capacity decreased 1.3% versus April 2013. UAL’s April 2014 consolidated load factor increased 1.6 points to 83.3% compared to April 2013.
Ryanair released that April traffic increased 5% compared to the same period in 2013 and the load factor was up 3.0 points to 84%.
For the month of April, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 83.3%, versus 82.1% in April 2013, an increase of 1.2 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 7.5%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for April increased 9.0%.
