Traffic

Ryanair released that traffic in July 2011 grew by 6% compared to the same period in 2010 and that the load factor was up 1.0 pt to 89.0%.

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for July 2011. The Company reported a 2% decrease in traffic from the same month last year, while capacity stayed unchanged. Consolidated load factor was 85% versus 86% in July 2010.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for July 2011. System traffic in July 2011 was flat compared to July 2010 on a 1.0% increase in capacity. System load factor of 87.6% was 0.7 points lower than the prior year.

Alaska Air Group reported July operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis. Alaska reported a 6.8% increase in traffic on a 5.5% increase in capacity compared to July 2010. This resulted in a 1.1-point increase in load factor to a July record 88.5%. Horizon reported a 23.0% decline in

Porter Airlines reported July load factor of 66.8%, 4.8 points better than the previous year. Capacity was up 16.9% and traffic increased 26.1% compared to July 2010.

US Airways Group reported July 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 5.1% versus July 2010, while capacity up 2.0% versus July 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was an all-time record 88.3% up 2.6 points versus July 2010.

Air France KLM released that traffic for the month of June was up by 2.9% compared to the previous year, while capacity was up by 5.0%. The load factor for the month fell slightly by 1.7 points to 82.1%.

Copa Holdings released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for June 2011: for the month of June 2011, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 28.3%, while capacity (ASM) increased 21.7%. System load factor for June 2011 was 77.0%, a 4.0 percentage point increase when compared to June 2010.

American Eagle reported a June traffic increase of 18.6% year over year as capacity increased 16.7%. June load factor was 78.3%, an increase of 1.2 points compared to the same period last year.

Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for June 2011.  System traffic in June 2011 decreased 1.5% compared to June 2010 on a 0.2% increase in capacity.  System load factor of 86.3% was 1.4 points lower than the prior year.