Traffic

Allegiant reported a January system load factor of 80.5%, down 4.5 points compared to January 2015. System traffic for the month increase 14% while capacity improved 14.1% year over year.

SkyWest reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter of 2015, including adjusted net income of US$25m, up from adjusted net income of US$15.7m. GAAP net income for the quarter was US$40m, compared to a loss of US$28m for the same quarter of 2014. Adjusted net income for the full year 2015 was US$103m,

Hawaiian Airlines has announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of January. Traffic increased 5.2% when compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 1.5%. The load factor for January was up 2.9 points to 81.1%.

WestJet announced January 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 80.1%. Traffic increased 7.8% year over year, and capacity grew 7.0% over the same period.

For the month of January, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 7.1% and a load factor of 80.1% tying last year’s record. On this additional capacity, traffic increased 7.1% compared to January 2015.

Delta reported January traffic increased 3.7% compared to January 2015, while capacity for the month was up 1.1%, The load factor for January increased 2.1 points to 81.3%.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for November showing continued strong traffic growth above the 10-year average rate of 5.6%. Total revenue passenger kilometers rose 5.9% compared to the year-ago period. Although below the October rate of 7.1%, this largely was owing to the impact of factors that are expected

SAS traffic for December 2015 increased 7.9%, while capacity was up by 12.7% compared to the same month in 2014. The load factor decreased by 3.1 points to 68.2% year over year.    

UAL’s December 2015 consolidated traffic increased 1.5% and consolidated capacity increased 2.2% versus December 2014. UAL’s December 2015 consolidated load factor decreased 0.5 points to 83%compared to December 2014.

Southwest Airlines reported its December, fourth quarter traffic statistics. Traffic increased 8.6% while capacity increased 8.3%, compared with December 2014. The December 2015 load factor was at 83.0%, compared with 82.7% in December 2014.