American Airlines October traffic grew 1.5% year over year

American Airlines reported an October load factor of 77.1% (74.9% in 2004). Traffic grew by 1.5% year over year, on a 1.5% reduction in capacity. The airline reported 10,873 million RPM (10,717 in 2004). International traffic increased by 4.4% relative to last year, on a capacity increase of 4.7%. Domestic traffic was essentially flat compared

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Ryanair Dublin pilots each receive EUR50,000 share option windfall

Ryanair confirmed that many of its Dublin pilots will exercise share options which at the current share price have a profit of approx. EUR50,000 each. These share options (which formed part of the 5 year pay, benefit and share option scheme collectively negotiated directly between the Dublin pilots and the airline in November 2000) fall

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