Traffic

AirFrance KLM released that traffic rose by 7.6% in August 2011, while capacity was up by 6.1%.This resulted in a 1.2 point rise in load factor to 85.7%. The group carried 6.8 million passengers (+4.7%).

Southwest Airlines reported August 2011 combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran. Combined traffic in August 2011 increassed 3.9% compared to the same period in 2010, while capacity increased 4.2%. The load factor for August 2011 was 82.6%, compared to the combined load factor of 82.8%  in August 2010.

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2011. The Company reported that traffic decrease 1% from the same month last year, while capacity was down 2%. Consolidated load factor was 84% in August of both years.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for August 2011.  System traffic in August 2011 decreased 0.3% compared to August 2010 on a 0.8% decrease in capacity.  System load factor of 86.9% was 0.4 points higher than the prior year.

US Airways Group reported August 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 1.2% versus August 2010 while mainline capacity was down 1.3% versus August 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 87.4% for the month of August, up 2.2 points versus August 2010.

Porter Airlines reported an August load factor of 68.7%, 4.8 points higher than the previous year. Traffic for the month increased 28.1% while capacity was up 19.2% compared to the same period in 2010.

WestJet announced August 2011 traffic results with a load factor of 83.3%. Traffic increased 7.7% year over year, and capacity grew 6.2% over the same period.

Alaska Air reported August operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Aaska reported a 7.6% increase in traffic on a 5.4% increase in capacity compared to August 2010. This resulted in a 1.8-point increase in load factor to an August record 88.3%. Horizon reported an 18.5% decline in traffic on a 19.5% decline in

LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics and punctuality indicators for July 2011. System passenger traffic increased 16.0% as capacity rose 11.4%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 3.2 points to 82.5%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 69.8% of total passenger traffic. Starting in

In July 2011, Finnair traffic rose by 14.6% as the overall capacity grew 14.7% compared with July 2010. The load factor for July was 82.1%, the same as in July 2010.