Traffic

UAL’s February 2016 consolidated traffic increased 2.7% and consolidated capacity increased 6.0% versus February 2015. Consolidated traffic decreased 1.0% and consolidated capacity increased 2.2 percent year-over-year. UAL’s February 2016 consolidated load factor decreased 2.5 points to 77% compared to February 2015.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported that traffic increased 11.5% for the month of February 2016 and capacity was up by 17.8%. The load factor decreased by 3.6 points to 63.1% compared to February 2015.

In February, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 8.4% and traffic grew by 8.7% year‐on‐year. The leap year had a positive growth contribution of approximately 3%, as there was one more day in February than in the comparison period. The passenger load factor rose by 0.2 % points to 79.1%.

Hawaiian Airline has announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of February. Traffic for February increased 7% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 5.4%. The load factor improved 1.2 points to 79.1% compard to February 2015.

WestJet announced February 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 83.2%, down 1.1 points compared to February 2015. Traffic, increased 7.7% year over year, and capacity grew 9.2% over the same period.

Delta Air Lines reported that system traffic for February 2016 increased 5.3% compared to the previous year, while system capacity was up 6%. System load factor for the month was slightly down by 0.6 points to 79.9%

Alaska Air Group reported February 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 13.8% increase in traffic on an 18.0% increase

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has started off the year with continuing passenger growth. In the reporting month of January 2016, Germany’s largest aviation hub served about 4.2 million passengers, representing growth of 2.2% year-on-year – an increase of 76,000 passengers compared to the previous January record month from 2012. Among Fraport AG’s Group airports, Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport

Southwest Airlines reported its January preliminary traffic statistics. Traffic in January 2016 increased 11.1%, while capacity increased 7.8% compared to Januar 2015. The load factor for the month was 77.5%, compared with 75.2% the previous year.

Ryanair released traffic figures for the month of January, with traffic improving 25% compared to the previous year. The load factor for January was 88% up 5.0 points.