Traffic

In March Finnair’s overall capacity increased by 2.2% year‐on‐year and traffic grew by 4.1%. The passenger load factor increased by 1.5 points to 81.0%.

Southwest Airlines reported that traffic in March 2017 increase 3.9%, while capacity increased 4.5% compared with March 2016. The March 2017 load factor was 84.1%, compared with 84.6% in March 2016.

SAS reported traffic increase of 9.7% in March 2017 while capacity (ASK) increased 12.2%. The load factor was affected by the timing of the Easter holiday and decreased by 1.6 points versus last year to 69.8%.

Ryanair reported that March traffic increases 10% compared to March 2016 and the load factor was unchanged at 94%.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported global passenger traffic results for February showing a second month of strong demand growth to begin 2017. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) 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

Norwegian reported total traffic growth increased by 16%, while the capacity growth increased by 22%, compared to the same month in 2016. The load factor was 84.1%, down 3.8 points.

International Airlines Group (IAG) traffic in March 2017 increased by 2.6% versus March 2016 and Group capacity rose by 2.4%. Group load factor was 80.6%, up 0.1 point compared to the previous year.

Volaris reported March 2017 traffic results. Capacity for the month increased 7.9% while traffic for March increased 7.4%. The load factor was down 1.8 points to 83.2% compared to the previous year.

Delta Air Lines reported that March 2017 system traffic increased 2.3% compared to the previous year, while capacity for the month was up 1%. System load factor for March was up 1.0 point to 85.8% compared to March 2016.

For the month of February 2017, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 6.9% year over year, while capacity increased 1.2%. As a result, system load factor for February 2017 was 81.0%, a 4.3 point increase when compared to February 2016.