Traffic

With some 4.1 million passengers served in November 2016, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) saw passenger traffic increase by 4.9% compared to the previous year, despite the Lufthansa pilot strike affecting some 345,000 passengers and almost 2,600 aircraft movements. This increase, however, was largely attributable to a base effect resulting from the cabin crew strikes in November […]

American Airlines Group (AAL) reported November traffic results. Total traffic for November 2016 was down 0.2% versus November 2015. Total capacity was up 0.1% versus November 2015. Total passenger load factor was 80.9% down 0.3 points versus November 2015.

In November Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 1.7% and traffic was up by 1.5% year‐over‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 0.2 points to 76.0%.

International Airlines Group (IAG) reported Group traffic in November increased by 3.2% versus November 2015, while Group capacity rose by 3.7% year over year. Group load factor for November was down 0.4 points to 78.9%.

SAS increased its scheduled capacity in November by 10.4% and the traffic grew 17.3% when compared to the same period in 2015. The overall load factor was 73.7%, the highest November load factor recorded for SAS. The improvement was driven by positive development on SAS’s intercontinental routes and international routes within Europe.

Southwest Airlines reported an increase in traffic for November 2016 of 7.2% compared to November 2015. Capacity for the month increased 4.9% in November 2016, compared with November 2015. The load factor was a record for the month of November at 85.1%, compared with 83.3% in November 2015.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) reported financial and operating performance for November 2016. Total traffic was up 0.3% compared to the previous year, while capacity was down 0.7%. Consolidated load factor for the month was up 0.9 points to 85%.

Alaska Air Group reported November operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers, SkyWest Airlines and PenAir (Regional). On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 7.0% increase in traffic on a 2.8%

WestJet aounced October 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 79.7% an increase of 2.6 points year over year. Traffic increased 18.7% year over year, and capacity grew 14.8% over the same period.

UAL’s October 2016 consolidated traffic increased 0.6% and consolidated capacity increased 1.8% versus October 2015. UAL’s October 2016 consolidated load factor decreased 1.0 point to 82.4% compared to October 2015.