Airlines & Routes

Southwest Airlines reported that June 2010 traffic increased 5.0% June 2009, capacity increased 1.9% from the June 2009. The load factor for the month was 81.9%, compared to 79.5% for the same period last year.

BA reported that the first nine days of the month were affected by industrial activity by the Unite union representing cabin crew. In June 2010 traffic fell by 11.1% and capacity was down 8.6% compared to June 2009. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 2.1 points versus last year, to 77.5%.

Norwegian released that traffic for the month of June increased by 30 %, while capacity increased by 32 %. The load factor was 77%, down 2 p.p. compared to the previous year.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for June 2010. System traffic in June 2010 increased 4.2% compared to June 2009 on a 1.5% t increase in capacity. Load factor increased 2.2 points to 87.7%.

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June 2010. Traffic increased 118% from the same month last year, while capacity increased 101%. Consolidated load factor was 86% versus 79% in June 2009.

For the month of June, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 84.7% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 80.9% in June 2009, an increase of 3.8 percentage points. System traffic increased 15.0% on a system wide capacity increase of 9.9%.

American Airlines reported a June load factor of 86.8%, an increase of 1.6 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 3.2% and capacity increased 1.3% year over year.

US Airways released that mainline traffic for the month was up 2.9% versus June 2009, mainline capacity was up 2.8% versus June 2009 and the load factor was 86.9% for the month of June, up 0.1 points versus June 2009.

WestJet announced June 2010 traffic results with a load factor of 78.2% up 5.3 pts compared to 2009. Traffic increased 19.0% year over year, and capacity grew 10.9% over the same period.

AirTran Airways reported that traffic for the month of June, grew by 7.4%, capacity improved by 4% compared to the same period in 2009 and the company’s load factor for the month was 86.4% up 2.8 pts compared to the previous year.