Airlines & Routes

Ryanair reported that traffic for December 2010 increaced 2% while the load factor slightly fell by 1pt to 80% compared to December 2009.

Porter Airlines released that the load factor for the month of December 2010 improved 12.6 pts to 62.4% compared to December 2009. Capacity grew 13.9 %, while traffic increased 43.0% over the same period.

AirTran Airways reported December and full-year 2010 traffic. The low-cost leader recorded all-time annual records for available seat miles, load factor and enplaned passengers. For December, AirTran Airways’ traffic increased 2.7% on a 1.1% rise in capacity. The load factor for December was up 1.2 pts to 78.9%.

American Airlines’ December traffic increased 1.8% and capacity increased 1.8% year over year. December load factor was 80.6%, matching the same period last year.

Delta Air Lines released traffic results for December 2010. System traffic in December 2010 increased 2.4% compared to December 2009 on a 3.9% increase in capacity. Load factor decreased 1.1 points to 80.1%.

Alaska Air Group reported December operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 13.3% increase in traffic on a 10.7% increase in capacity, resulting in a 2.0-point increase in load factor to 85.6%. Horizon reported a 2.4% decline in traffic on a 5.8% decline in capacity compared to December 2009,

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for December 2010. The Company reported a 2% decrease in traffic from the same month last year, while capacity decreased by 3%. Consolidated load factor was 76% versus 75% in December 2009.

Frontier Airlines reported preliminary traffic results for December 2010. Frontier

SAS Group’s traffic increased by 0.4% during June while capacity was down 3.3% vs same period in 2009. SAS Group carried 2.4 million passengers in June, down 0.5% vs. same period in 2009. The load factor reached 79.7%, up 3 p.u. vs 2009.

LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiarie reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for June 2010. System passenger traffic for June increased 15.5% as capacity rose 15.4%. As a result, the Company