Airlines & Routes

Southwest Airlines reported that traffic in March 2008 increased 9.8%, capacity increased 5.3% and the load factor for the month was 76.5% compared to 73.3% for the same period last year.

Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2008. Traffic increased 30.2% over the same month last year, capacity increased 28.7% and the load factor was 76.7% versus 75.8% in March 2007.

Porter Airlines introduces new and innovative air service between Toronto and New York. The carrier will acquaint New Yorkers with the airline’s unique premium short-haul air travel model committed to convenience, speed and service. The Toronto-based airline enters the U.S. market with the launch of seven daily roundtrip flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and

Delta Air Lines on Sunday will fulfill a decade-long goal of conveniently connecting customers to and from China with the inaugural of the first-ever nonstop flight between Atlanta and Shanghai. With the new route, customers flying to or from 47 of the more than 240 destinations served by Delta nonstop from Atlanta will gain their

Emirates Airline has selected Los Angeles as its new West Coast gateway and will begin daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Dubai on Sept. 1, 2008. Emirates will serve the LAX-Dubai route with Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.

Iberia reported that capacity increased by 4.1% in February 2008 and traffic grew by 2.6% compared to the same month in 2007. The load factor for February was reported at 79.1%, down 1.2 pts compared to February 2007.

Air France/KLM reported for February 2008 a traffic increase of 3.7% compared to February 2007, capacity grew 8.4% and the load factor for February was recorded at 75.5%, down 3.4 pts compared to February 2007.

easyJet reported passenger increase of 22.4% in February and a load factor of 84.3%, up 1.4 pts compared to February 2007. The acquisition of GB Airways was completed on January 31st and during the month of February GB Airways continued to operate as a British Airways franchise. Total company passengers grew 22.4% due to strong

SAS Group’s traffic increased by 14.4% during February and seat capacity was up by 13.5% vs 2007. SAS Group carried 2.4 million passengers in February, up 11.3% vs 2007. Total load factor was up 0.5 p.u. to 66.8%.

Copa Holdings, S.A. and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for February 2008: traffic increases 15% in February 2008, while capacity incrased 12.2% compared to the same month in 2007. The load factor was up 1.9 pts to 78.1%.