Delta reported February traffic increase of 2.4% compared to the same period in 2013, while capacity for the month fell slightly by 0.3% compared to the previous year. Load factor for the month was up 2.1 points to 81.2%.
UAL’s January 2014 consolidated traffic decreased 1.6% and consolidated capacity decreased 2.8% versus January 2013. UAL’s January 2014 consolidated load factor increased 1.0 point to 80.9% compared to January 2013.
Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for January 2014. The airline’s January traffic rose 10.9% on 3.7% more capacity, compared with the same month in 2013. Load factor in January was 76.3%, up 5.0 points from the same month a year earlier.
American Airlines Group’s total traffic was up 3.8% versus January 2013, while total capacity was up 2.3% versus January 2013. Total passenger load factor was 80.3% for the month of January, up 1.2 points versus January 2013.
Ryanair posted 5.0% traffic increase for January 2014 and a load factor of 71%, the same as in January 2013.
Norwegian released that traffic for January 2014 increased 50% year over year, while capacity increased 45%. The load factor for January increased 2.6 points to 74.8%.
IAG reported that January Group traffic increased 11.1% compared to the same period in 2013, while Group capacity increased 11%. Group load factor increased 0.1 point to 77.1%.
Volaris, the low-cost airline based in Mexico, reported that traffic in January 2014 increased 18.9%, compared to the same period in 2013. Capacity increased 18.0% year over year and the load factor was up 3.1 points to 81.6%.
Finnair traffic decreased by 3.0% and the overall capacity decreased by 2.4% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 0.4 points and was 77.5% compared to the same period in 2013.
SAS reported traffic increase of o.8%, compared to the previous year, while capacity was up 3.0%. The SAS scheduled load factor decreased 1.4 points to 63.6%.
