AMR Corporation reported May 2013 consolidated traffic results for its principal subsidiary, American Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Eagle Holding Corporation. Consolidated load factor in May was an all-time record high for the month, at 84.0%, 0.4 points higher versus the same period last year. Consolidated capacity and traffic were 0.3% and 0.8%
Finnair traffic rose by 4.9% in May 2013 and the overall capacity grew 3.9% compared to the previous year. Passenger load factor improved by 0.7 percentage points and was 75.1%.
Ryanair released passenger and load factor stats for May 2013, with its monthly traffic increasing by 5%. The load factor for the month was up 1.0 point to 82%.
Norwegian reported that May traffic increased 34% when compared to May 2012, while capacity increased 33%. The load factor for the month was 77%, slightly higher than in May 2012.
For the month of May, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 81.8%, versus 81.7% in May 2012, an increase of 0.1 percentage points. System traffic increased 2.9% on a system-wide capacity increase of 2.8%.
Hawaiian Airlines reported system-wide traffic statistics for the month of May. Traffic for the month increased 20.5%, while capacity increased 25.3% when compared to the same period in 2012. The load factor for May was down 3.2 points to 80.1%.
Alaska reported a 6.7% increase in traffic on a 7.3% increase in capacity compared to May 2012. This resulted in a 0.4 point decrease in load factor to 86.5%.
US Airways Group mainline traffic for the month was up 5.9% versus May 2012 while mainline capacity was up 3.9% versus May 2012. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 85.8% for the month of May, up 1.7 points versus May 2012.
WestJet announced May 2013 traffic results with a load factor of 78.5%, down 0.7 points compared to May 2012. Traffic increased 8.2% year over year and capacity was 9.1% higher over the same period. The airline flew 1.5 million guests in May, a year-over-year increase of 7.9%.
For the month of May Delta reported a 1.4% increase in system traffic, while system capacity was slightly up by 0.7% compared to the same period in 2012. The load factor for May was up 0.7 points to 84.8% compared to the previous year.
