Traffic

UAL’s April 2014 consolidated traffic increased 0.6% and consolidated capacity decreased 1.3% versus April 2013. UAL’s April 2014 consolidated load factor increased 1.6 points to 83.3% compared to April 2013.

Ryanair released that April traffic increased 5% compared to the same period in 2013 and the load factor was up 3.0 points to 84%.

For the month of April, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 83.3%, versus 82.1% in April 2013, an increase of 1.2 points on a system-wide capacity increase of 7.5%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for April increased 9.0%.

Alaska reported a 4.3% increase in traffic on a 4.3% increase in capacity compared to April 2013. This resulted in a flat load factor of 86.8%. Horizon reported April traffic and capacity that was similar with April 2013, and the resulting load factor was consistent at 78.3%.

WestJet announced April 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 82.3%. Traffic increased 6.5% year-over-year and capacity grew 7.1% over the same period.

Southwest Airlines released that March 2014 traffic increased 1.6% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 0.8% from March 2013. The March 2014 load factor was 82.7%, compared to 82.0% in March 2013.

American Airlines Group’s total traffic for the month was up 0.9% versus March 2013. Total capacity was up 2.9% year over year. Total passenger load factor was 81.8% for the month of March, down 1.6 points versus March 2013.

SAS reported March traffic increase of 3.3% compared to March 2013, while capacity improved by 8.4% year over year. Load factor decreased by 3.4 points to 69.5%.

In March 2014, Finnair’s overall capacity decreased by 3.9% year-on-year and traffic decreased by 5.4% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 points and was 79.0%.

Ryanair released that traffic for the month of March was down 4%, while the load factor in March 2014 increased 1.0 point to 80%.