Traffic

Norwegian’s total passenger traffic increased by 45% in May 2014, while capacity increased by 45% compared to the same period in 2013. The load factor was 77% in May, the same as in May 2013.

International Airlines Group reported consolidated May traffic increased 7.3%, compared to the same period in 2013, while consolidated Group capacity increased 8.0% year over year. The load factor for the month of May was down 0.5 points to 79.1% compared to May 2013.

For the month of May, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 83.3%, versus 81.8% in May 2013, an increase of 1.5 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 8.1%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for May increased 10.1%. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including Air Canada

Alaska reported a 4.4% increase in traffic on a 4.6% increase in capacity compared to May 2013. This resulted in a 0.3 point decrease in load factor to 86.2%. Horizon reported a 1.1% decrease in May traffic on a 0.9% decrease in capacity compared to May 2013. This resulted in a 0.2 point decrease in

For the month of May Delta reported traffic increase of 5.8% compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor was up 3.6% year over year. The load factor for May increased 1.7 points to 86.5%.

Norwegian reported passenger traffic increased by 49% in April 2014, while capacity increased by 37% compared to the same period in 2013. The load factor was 79.8% in April, up 6.2 points.

International Airlines Group reported April traffic increase of 18.0% compared to the same period in 2013, Group capacity for the month was up by 16.6%.  Group load factor for April was up 1.3 points to 80.2%.

In April, Finnair traffic increased by 4.2% and the overall capacity decreased by 0.5% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor increased by 3.6 points and was 79.4%.

American Airlines Group’s total traffic for the month was up 4.7% versus April 2013, while total capacity was up 3.7% versus April 2013. Total passenger load factor was 82.9% for the month of April, up 0.7 points versus April 2013.

SAS´ traffic for the month of April increased by 13.7%, while capacity was up by 1.2%, when compared to the same period in 2013. The load factor decreased by 8.6 points to 78.6%.