Traffic

For the month of May 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 18.1% year over year, while capacity increased 24.5%. As a result, system load factor for May 2012 was 72.4%, a 3.9 percentage point decrease when compared to May 2011.

SAS Group reported a 4.2% increase in traffic for May 2012, while capacity increased 1.5%. The passenger load factor increased by 1.9 p.u. to 75.3%.

United Continental Holdings reported May 2012 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL’s consolidated traffic in May 2012 increased 0.3% and consolidated capacity increased 0.4% versus May 2011. The company’s consolidated load factor in May 2012 decreased 0.1 points to 83.6% compared to May 2011.

Ryanair reported that May 2012 traffic improved 5% compared to the same period a year ago, while the load factor was down 1.0 point to 81%.

Southwest Airlines reported May 2012 consolidated traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran. Traffic in May 2012 decreased 2.6% compared to May 2011, while capacity decreased 0.9%. The load factor for May 2012 was 81.3%, compared to 82.7% in May 2011.

Finnair traffic rose by 14.7% as the overall capacity grew 7.2% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 4.9% points and was 74.4%.

Norwegian reported its May traffic results with a load factor of 77%, up 1 point compared to the previous year, traffic increased 15% and capacity was up 14%.

Frontier Airlines had a load factor of 90% in May 2012 compared to 88% the previous year. Frontier’s traffic decreased 8% and capacity decreased 10% compared to May 2011.

Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for May 2012. Traffic for the month of May was 6% lower than the same month last year, on a 7% decrease in capacity. Consolidated load factor was 83% in May of 2012 versus 82% in the same month last year.

WestJet announced May traffic results with a load factor of 79.2%. Traffic increased 7.2% year over year, and capacity grew 1.3% over the same period.