Traffic

Delta’s consolidated traffic for the month of September increased 1.4% compared to September 2015, while consolidated capacity increased 1.8%. Consolidated load factor for September 2016 was down 0.4 points to 84.6%.

On a combined basis, Alaska Air Group reported a 7.4% increase in traffic on a 4.2% increase in capacity compared to September 2015. Load factor increased 2.5 points to 84.1%. These statistics include flights operated by Alaska, Horizon, and those under third-party capacity purchase agreements.

WestJet announced August 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 86.5% an increase of 1.9 points year over year. Traffic increased 11.3% year over year and capacity grew 8.8% over the same period.

International Airlines Group traffic in August increased by 7.9% versus August 2015, while Group capacity rose by 9.0%. Group load factor for the month was down 1.0 point to 85.9%.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing an acceleration in demand growth over the previous five months. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.9%, compared to the same month last year, with all regions reporting growth. Monthly capacity increased by 6.0%, and load factor was 83.7% just 0.1

In August, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 7.5% and traffic grew by 3.5%year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 3.2 points year-on-year to 83.1%.

Southwest Airlines reported its August traffic statistics. Traffic increased 3.6% compared to the previous year while capacity increased 4.6% compared with August 2015. The load factor was 84.6% as compared with 85.4% in August 2015.

Hawaiian Airlines has announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of August. Traffic increased 7.1% compared to August 2015, while capacity increased 5.6%. The load factor for August increased 1.2 points, to 84.4%.

Ryanair reported that traffic for August grew 11% compared to the same period in 2015. The load factor rose 1.0 point to 96%.

Norwegian carried almost 2.9 million passengers in August, an increase of 12% compared to the same month in the previous year. The load factor was unchanged at 90%. Traffic for the month as well as capacity, invreased 17% compared to the same period in 2015.