Alaska reported a 4.0% increase in traffic on a 4.6% increase in capacity compared to March 2013. This resulted in a 0.6 point decrease in load factor to 87.7%. Horizon reported a 1.6% increase in March traffic on a 2.6% increase in capacity compared to March 2013. This resulted in a 1.0 point decrease in
WestJet announced March 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 84.0%, down 2.1 points compared to March 2013. Traffic increased 3.9% year-over-year, and capacity grew 6.6% over the same period.
Delta reported March traffic increase of 3.9% compared to the same period in 2013, while capacity for the month increased 3.2%. The load factor for March improved 0.6 points to 85.3%.
For the month of February 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 12.9% year over year, while capacity increased 9.7%. As a result, system load factor for February 2014 was 78.5%, a 2.2 point increase when compared to February 2013.
Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for February 2014 and the first two months of the year. The airline’s February traffic rose 4.2% on capacity that was 2.7% higher than in the same month in 2013. Load factor was 76.8%, up 1.1 points from February 2013.
In February, Finnair traffic decreased by 3.5% and the overall capacity decreased by 2.0% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 points and was 79.4%.
WestJet announced February 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 84.6%. Traffic increased 7.3% year over year and capacity grew 9.2% over the same period.
SAS reported that February traffic decreased by 0.1% compared to the same month in 2013. Capacity for the month was up 3.1% and the load factor for February was down 2.0 points to 64.8%.
Ryanair reported February traffic increase of 7.0% compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor for February increased 1.0 point to 78%.
In February 2014, IAG traffic increased by 11.4% versus February 2013 while Group capacity rose by 11.2% compared to the same period in 2013. The laod factor for the month was up 0.1 point to 75.3%.
