Traffic

In August, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 1.6% and traffic grew by 3.3% year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor increased by 1.5%-points to 86.3%

Ryanair reported that August traffic increased 10% compared to the previous year, while the load factor for the month was up 2.0 points to 95%.

For the month of August, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 10.4% and a load factor of 89.6% in line with last year’s August load factor of 89.8%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for August increased 10.1%. 

WestJet reported August 2015 traffic results with a load factor of 84.6%, down 4.7 points compared to August 2014. Traffic increased 1.7% year over year, and capacity grew 7.3% over the same period.

Alaska reported a 6.5% increase in traffic on a 7.2% increase in capacity compared to August 2014. Load factor decreased 0.5 points to 87.1%. Horizon reported a 2.9% increase in traffic on a 3.5 % increase in capacity compared to August 2014. Load factor decreased 0.5 points to 81.8%.

Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for July 2015. The airline’s traffic decreased 1.4% on capacity that was 2.1% lower from the same month in 2014. Load factor was 85.6% an increase of 0.6 points from July 2014.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June showing a 5.7% increase in demand compared to June 2014. This was a slowdown compared to the 6.9% year-over-year growth recorded in May, in part owing to the timing of Ramadan, which depressed travel demand in the Middle East. June capacity climbed

For the month of July, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 9.7% and a record system load factor of 87.3%, versus 86.7% in July 2014. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for July increased 10.5%.

WestJet announced July 2015 traffic results with a load factor of 82.8%. Traffic increased 5.0% year over year, and capacity grew 5.6% over the same period.

Alaska reported a 5.7% increase in traffic on a 6.4% increase in capacity compared to July 2014. Load factor decreased 0.6 points to 88.5%. Horizon reported a 5.7% increase in traffic on a 3.6% increase in capacity compared to July 2014. Load factor increased 1.9 points to 84.3%.