Airlines & Routes

Pinnacle Airlines released capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, subsidiary for October 2008. Traffic for October aproved 5.5% while capacity improved 7.0%. The laod factor for October declined 1.1 pts, to 78.3%

Air France KLM reported that traffic rose 9.0% with capacity up by 8.0%. The load factor for the month stood at 81.3% (+0.7 points). Air France-KLM carried 6.6 million passengers (+5.7%).

BA reported that October capacity was 0.7% lower than in October 2007, traffic fell by 4.4% and the load factor decreased 3.0 points versus last year, to 77.0%.

Finnair’s traffic increased by 11.7% in October, while the capacity was up by 9.2%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 78.2% or 1.7 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 751 916 passengers, which is 4.8% more than a year ago.

LAN Airlines S.A. and its related companies reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for October 2008. System passenger traffic for October increased 10.8% as capacity rose 11.2%. As a result, the Company

Alaska reported a two-point increase in load factor to 73.6% in October 2008, compared to October 2007 on a 3.7% decline in capacity, compared to the prior-year period. Traffic was down 1.0% compared to the same period in 2007.

Allegiant Air reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2008. Traffic increased 6.7% compared to October 2007, capacity declined 5.6% and the load factor was up 10.5 pts to 91.2%.

For the month of October, Air Canada reported a load factor of 80.2% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, a record for the month, versus 78.6% in October 2007, an increase of 1.6 pts. System traffic decreased 3.9% on a capacity decrease of 5.9% system wide.

JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that its traffic in October decreased 5.4% from October 2007, on a capacity decrease of 11.1%. Load factor for October 2008 was 80.7% an increase of 4.8 points from October 2007.

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2008. The company reported a 2.8% traffic decrease over the same month last year, while capacity decreased 0.4%. The load factor was 73.0% versus 74.8% in October 2007.