Southwest Airlines released that traffic in January 2014 increased 2.2% compared to January 2013, while capacity decreased 2.6% from the January 2013 level. The load factor was 76.3%, compared to 72.7% in January 2013.
For the month of January, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 80.0, versus 79.4% in January 2013, an increase of 0.6 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 3.0%. On this additional capacity, system traffic for January increased 3.7%. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including Air Canada rouge, which began operations on
Alaska Air Group reported January operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 3.1% increase in traffic on a 3.3% increase in capacity compared to January 2013. This resulted in a 0.1 point decrease in load factor to 83.3%. Horizon reported a 2.4% increase in traffic on a 3.6% increase
WestJet announced January 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 80.9%, the same as in 2013. Traffic increased 8.4% year over year, and capacity grew 8.3%over the same period.
Delta reported January consolidated traffic increased 4.2%, compared to the same period in 2013, consolidated capacity increased 1.8% year over year and the load factor for the month was 81.2%, up 1.8 points compared to January 2013.
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SAS posted 3.6% traffic increase for December 2013, while scheduled capacity was up by 4.9%. The SAS scheduled load factor decreased by 0.9 points to 69.3%.
Ryanair released December 2013 traffic statistics, with a load factor of 81%, the same as in 2012 and traffic increase of 4% compared to December 2012.
Norwegian reported that December 2013 capacity increased 48% and traffic increased 52% compared to the same period in 2012. The load factor was 78%, up 1.9 points from December 2012.
American Airlines Group (AAL) reported December 2013 traffic results for both American Airlines and US Airways. American’s consolidated traffic for the month was up 5.0% versus December 2012, while consolidated capacity was up 1.1% versus December 2012. Consolidated passenger load factor was 83.3% for the month of December, up 3.1 points versus December 2012. US
