Traffic

Norwegian carried more than 1.8m passengers in March 2014, an increase of 25% compared to the same month last year, total passenger traffic increased by 52%, while capacity increased by 51% this month. The load factor was 77.8% in March, up 0.2 points.

In March 2014, IAG traffic increased by 10.2% versus March 2013, Group capacity rose by 13.2%. Group load factor for March was down 2.2 points to 77.6% when compared to the previous year.

For the month of March, Air Canada reported a system wide traffic growth of 1.4% on a capacity increase of 3.6%. Air Canada’s system load factor was 81.7%, versus 83.5% in March 2013, a decrease of 1.8 points.

Alaska reported a 4.0% increase in traffic on a 4.6% increase in capacity compared to March 2013. This resulted in a 0.6 point decrease in load factor to 87.7%. Horizon reported a 1.6% increase in March traffic on a 2.6% increase in capacity compared to March 2013. This resulted in a 1.0 point decrease in

WestJet announced March 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 84.0%, down 2.1 points compared to March 2013. Traffic increased 3.9% year-over-year, and capacity grew 6.6% over the same period.

Delta reported March traffic increase of 3.9% compared to the same period in 2013, while capacity for the month increased 3.2%. The load factor for March improved 0.6 points to 85.3%.

For the month of February 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 12.9% year over year, while capacity increased 9.7%. As a result, system load factor for February 2014 was 78.5%, a 2.2 point increase when compared to February 2013.

Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for February 2014 and the first two months of the year. The airline’s February traffic rose 4.2% on capacity that was 2.7% higher than in the same month in 2013. Load factor was 76.8%, up 1.1 points from February 2013.

In February, Finnair traffic decreased by 3.5% and the overall capacity decreased by 2.0% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 points and was 79.4%.

WestJet announced February 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 84.6%. Traffic increased 7.3% year over year and capacity grew 9.2% over the same period.