Traffic

Delta Air Lines reported that total traffic for the month of April increased 1.8%, while capacity for the month increased 3.7%. The load factor was down 1.5 points to 83.2%.

Alaska reported a 9.9% increase in traffic on a 13.7% increase in capacity compared to April 2014. Load factor decreased 2.9 points to 83.9%. Horizon reported an 8.8% increase in traffic on an 8.8% increase in capacity compared to April 2014. This resulted in a 0.1 point increase in load factor to an April record

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 4.6 million passengers in March 2015, representing an increase of 2.5% year-on-year and a new March monthly record. During the reporting month, FRA was affected by the Lufthansa pilot strike for four days and on March 31st by Hurricane Niklas, which disrupted the flight schedule. Excluding these events that

In March, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 3.8% and traffic grew by 3.5% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor was 78.9% down 0.2 points compared to March 2014.

SAS reported that March traffic increased by 1.8%, while total capacity for the month was reduced by 2.2% compared to the same period in 2014. The load factor increased by 3.0 points to 74.3%.

Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2015. Traffic for the month decreased 1% compared to March 2014, on a 1% decrease in capacity. The load factor was down 1.0 point to 79% when compared to the previous year.

Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for March 2015. The airline’s traffic increased 4.9% on capacity that was 4.7% higher than the same month in 2014. Load factor was 84.2%, up 0.2 points from March 2014.

For the month of March, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 83.1%, versus 81.7% in March 2014 , on a system-wide capacity increase of 11.1%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for March increased 12.9% for the month. 

Volaris, the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico and the United States, reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2015. During the month of March 2015 capacity increased by 15.2% year over year, while total traffic increased 16.4% year over year. Network load factor for the month of March reached 81.2%, an increase of 0.8.

WestJet announced March 2015 traffic results with a load factor of 81.3%, down 2.7 points when compared to the previous year. Traffic increased 1.5% year-over-year and capacity grew 4.8% over the same period.