Traffic

For the month of August, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 89.8%, versus 89.5% in August 2013 representing an increase of 0.3 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 10.4%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for August increased 10.8%.

Ryanair reported August 2014 traffic increase of 4.0% when compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor was up 4.0 points to 93%.

International Airlines Group reported that August 2014 traffic increased by 8.7% versus August 2013, while Group capacity rose by 9.5%. The load factor dropped slightly 0.6 points, to 84.7%.

WestJet announced August 2014 traffic results with an all-time record load factor of 89.3%, an increase of 1.4 points year over year. Traffic increased 7.4% year over year, and capacity grew 5.7% over the same period.

Alaska Air Group reported August and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis, and for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 6.2% increase in traffic on a 6.6% increase in capacity compared to August 2013. Load factor decreased 0.4 points to 87.6%. Horizon reported a 3.5% increase in August traffic on

Delta reported that traffic for the month of August increased 3.1% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 2.7%. The load factor for August increased 0.3 points to 87.6%.

Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for July 2014. The airline’s traffic increased 3.5% on capacity that was 0.5% higher than in the same month in 2013. Load factor was 85%, up 2.4 points from July 2013.

United Airlines reported July 2014 operational results. UAL’s July 2014 consolidated traffic increased 1.0% and consolidated capacity increased 1.6% versus July 2013. UAL’s July 2014 consolidated load factor decreased 0.5 points to 86.7% compared to July 2013.  

Southwest Airlines released that traffic in July 2014 increased 6.6% compared to July 2013, while capacity increased 2.6%. The July 2014 load factor was 86.7%, compared to 83.5% in July 2013.

Air Canada reported system load factor of 86.7%, versus 85.6% in July 2013, an increase of 1.1 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 11.4%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for July increased 12.7%.