Traffic

American Airlines Group traffic for April 2017 was up 3.1% versus April 2016 and total capacity was up 0.8% versus April 2016. Total passenger load factor was 82.2%, up 1.8 points versus April 2016.

Alaska Air Group has reported April and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America, and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines (Regional). Air Group’s combined traffic increased 7.8% while capacity increased

Finnair reported that traffic for April grew by 21.3% compared to April 2016 and capacity increased 9.9% year over year. The load factor rose 7.8 points to 82.9% compared to the previous year.

Allegiant Travel reported preliminary passenger traffic results for April 2017. Traffic for the month was up 16.7% compared to the same period in 2016, while capacity was up 19%. The load factor for April was slightly down, 1.7 points, to 80.9%, compared to April 2016.

International Airlines Group traffic in April increased by 10.0% versus April 2016 and Group capacity rose by 4.0% compared to the previous year. Group load factor improved 4.5 points to 83.1% compared to April 2016.

Ryanair released April 2017 traffic statistics with a 14% increase in traffic as compared to April 2016. The load factor for April rose 3.0 points, to 96%.

LATAM Airlines Group and its subsidiaries reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for March 2017. System passenger traffic in March increased by 2.1% while capacity increased by 1.2% compared to March 2016. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 0.7 points to 82.9%.

In March 2017, Frankfurt Airport served some 4.9 million passengers, up 1.8% year-on-year. Thus, the previous March record achieved in 2016 was exceeded by around 85,000 passengers. Without a number of flight cancellations, mainly due to strikes at airports in Berlin, passenger traffic would have increased by 2.3%. Cargo volumes soared by 9.8% to 205,443

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a second month of strong demand growth to begin 2017. Total revenue passenger kilometers rose 4.8%, compared to the same month last year. Although this was below growth achieved in January, year-to-year comparisons are distorted because February 2016 was a leap

Munich Airport’s dynamic growth has continued into the first quarter of 2017: both passenger traffic and the number of take-offs and landings were up over 5% as compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The airport handled 9.4 million passengers – more than ever before in the first quarter of a calendar year. The