Traffic

Ryanair released that September traffic increased 8% year-over-year and the load factor for September was down 1.0 point to 84%.

Air France KLM released that in September 2012, traffic rose by 0.9% for capacity was up by 0.8%. The load factor therefore remained stable at 85.2% (+0.1 point).

For the month of September 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide traffic increased 27.1% year over year, while capacity increased 25.6%.  As a result, system load factor for September 2012 was 73.8%, a 0.9 point increase when compared to September 2011.

Finnair traffic for the month of September rose by 10.6% as the overall capacity grew 2.9% year‐over‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 5.4 points year‐over‐year and was 78.6%.

For the month of September, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 84.9%, versus 82.8% in September 2011, an increase of 2.1 points.  System traffic increased 3.1% on a system-wide capacity increase of 0.5%.

US Airways Group announced September 2012 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 1.8% versus September 2011. Mainline capacity was up 0.9% versus September 2011. Mainline load factor was 84.4% for the month of September, up 0.8 points versus September 2011.

Alaska reported a 5.1% increase in traffic on a 5.0% increase in capacity compared with September 2011. This resulted in a 0.1-point increase in load factor to a September record of 84.0%. Horizon reported a 4.3% increase in September traffic on a 7.9% increase in capacity compared with September 2011. This resulted in a 2.6-point

Republic Airways Holdings, reported preliminary passenger traffic results for September 2012. Traffic for the month was down 5% compared to the previous year, while capacity was down 7% year over year. Consolidated load factor was 82% versus 80% in the same month last year.

WestJet announced September 2012 traffic results with a load factor of 79.1%, up 4.4 points compared to September 2011. Traffic increased 7.7% year over year, and capacity grew 1.7% over the same period.

Delta’s system traffic in September 2012 fell 1.1% compared to the same period in 2011, while capacity was down 0.6%. This resulted in a 0.4 point decline in load factor, to 83.2%.