Airlines & Routes

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for June 2008. International traffic remained strong in June, increasing 13.9 percent year over year on a 14.1 percent increase in capacity. Delta’s international load factor was 83.3 percent, flat compared to June 2007. The load factor for Latin America was 81.6 percent, higher than any previous June on […]

AirTran Airways reported record traffic for the month of June 2008. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers, and load factor represent new all-time company records for the month of June. For June, traffic grew by 15.5 percent to more than 1.8 billion RPMs based on a 13.0

Delta and ExpressJet have mutually agreed to cease all ExpressJet Delta Connection operations as of Sept. 1, 2008. ExpressJet currently operates 23 ERJ-145 aircraft for Delta Connection on flights that primarily operate out of Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Delta intends to award a portion of this flying, including all routes currently operated by

Southwest Airlines flew 6.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in June 2008, a 0.7 percent increase from the 6.8 billion RPMs flown in June 2007. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 5.7 percent to 8.8 billion from the June 2007 level of 8.3 billion. The load factor for the month was 78.2 percent, compared to 82.1

Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June 2008. The company generated 868.0 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 12.3% increase over the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 17.2% to 1.11 billion. Block hours were 63,032 in June 2008, a 12.0% increase over June 2007. Load factor was 78.5%

American Airlines reported a June load factor of 85.5 percent, a decline of 1.7 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 3.1 percent and capacity decreased 1.2 percent year over year. Domestic traffic decreased 4.7 percent year over year on 2.8 percent less capacity. International traffic decreased by 0.1 percent relative to last

American Eagle reported a June load factor of 75.1 percent — down 5.2 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 8.6 percent year over year as capacity decreased 2.3 percent.

Continental Airlines reported a June consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 83.6%, 2.1 points below the June 2007 consolidated load factor. Continenal reportet a consolidated traffic decrease of 0.1% and a capacity increase of 2.5% as compared to June 2007.

Monarch reported a 5.4% traffic increase for June 2008 compared to the same month in 2007 and a load factor of 84.4%, up 2.9 pts compared to June 2007.

Alaska’s May traffic increased 2.2 % while capacity during May was 1.3% higher than in May 2007. The passenger load factor for the month was 77.8% compared to 77.1% in May 2007. Horizon’s May traffic decreased 3.7% while capacity for May was 3.0% lower than in May 2007. The passenger load factor for the month