Traffic

Alaska Air Group reported August and year-to-date 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 and third-party regional carriers, SkyWest Airlines and PenAir (Regional). On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 9.0% increase in traffic on a […]

WestJet reported July 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 85.2% an increase of 2.4 points year over year. Traffic increased 13.9% year over year and capacity grew 10.7% over the same period.

United Airlines (UAL) reported July 2016 operational results. UAL’s July 2016 consolidated traffic increased 1.2% and consolidated capacity increased 0.7% versus July 2015. UAL’s July 2016 consolidated load factor increased 0.5 points compared to July 2015 to 87.5%

In July, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 9.2% and traffic grew by 8.6% year‐on‐year. Despite the strong growth, the passenger load factor was close to last year’s level at 88.7% compared to 89.1% in July 2015.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.2% compared to the year-ago period. This was up slightly from the 4.8% increase recorded in May (revised). However, the upward trend in seasonally-adjusted traffic has moderated since January. June

Alaska Air Group reported July and year-to-date 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. On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 7.8% increase in traffic on a

In June, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 10.5% and traffic grew by 9.7% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor was close to last year’s level at 84.1% (84.7% in June 2015).

Norwegian reported that total June traffic increased 17% when compared to June 2015, while total capacity improved 15%. The load factor for June was up 2.2 points to 90.2% compared to the previous year.

SAS posted traffic results for June 2016 with an increase in scheduled traffic of 7.9% compared to the previous year and an increase in capacity of 6%. SAS reported that June scheduled load factor was up 1.5 points to 81.5%.

International Airlines Group (IAG) reported that traffic in June increased by 13.6% versus June 2015 and Group capacity rose by 13.2%. The load factor for the month of June was up 0.3 points to 84%, when compared to the previous year.