US Airways Group announced November and year-to-date 2012 traffic results. Mainline traffic was up 4.0% versus November 2011, while mainline capacity was up 2.5% versus November 2011. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 85.1% for the month of November, up 1.3 points versus November 2011.
WestJet released November 2012 traffic results with a load factor of 82.6%, up 5.0 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic increased 8.3% year over year, and capacity grew 1.7% over the same period.
Finnair traffic rose by 8.0% as the overall capacity grew 5.4% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 1.8 points year‐on‐year and was 75.5%.
SAS Group carried 2.7m passengers in October, up 4.6%, capacity increased by 6.7% and the Group’s traffic increased by 5.4% compared to the same period in 2011. The SAS Group’s load factor declined 0.9 p.u. to 74.1%.
United Continental Holdings reported October 2012 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL’s consolidated traffic in October 2012 decreased 3.3% and consolidated capacity decreased 4.4% versus October 2011. UAL’s consolidated load factor in October 2012 increased 0.9 points to 82% compared to October 2011.
Ryanair released that traffic for the month of October 2012 increased 4% year over year while the load factor was down 2.0 points to 82% compared to the previous year.
International Airlines Group (IAG) reported that October 2012 Group traffic rose by 3.2% versus October 2011, Group capacity was up 2.7%, while the load factor for the month was up 0.4 points to 80.5%.
For the month of October 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 23.6% year over year, while capacity increased 23.3%. As a result, system load factor for September 2012 was 74.2%, a 0.2 percentage point increase when compared to October 2011.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2012. Traffic for the month was essentially the same as October of last year, on a 3% decrease in capacity. Consolidated load factor was 84% versus 82% in the same month last year.
For the month of October 2012 Allegiant reported traffic increase of 18.3% compared to the same month in 2011, capacity increased 21.9% year over year, while the load factor decreased 2.6 points to 88.2%.
