Traffic

Southwest Airlines has reported its June traffic statistics. Traffic in June 2017 increased 3.7%, while capacity increased 3.8% compared with June 2016. The June 2017 load factor was 87.4%, which was comparable to the June 2016 performance.

Alaska Air Group has reported June and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported

Finnair’s overall capacity in June increased by 9.9% year‐on‐year, and traffic grew by 13.4% compared to the previous year. The number of passengers carried during the month was 1,10 million, which is the highest number ever (1.03 million in June 2016 and 1,08 million in July 2016). The passenger load factor increased by 2.7 points

Delta reported June 2016 system traffic increased 2.8% while system capacity was up 1.8%. The load factor of June was up 0.8 points to 88.5% compared to June 2016.

SAS reported June 2017 scheduled traffic increased 6.2% and the capacity was up 7.1 compared to the same period in 2016. The load factor decreased by 0.7 points versus last year to 80.8%.

International Airlines Group traffic in June increased by 3.9% versus June 2016, while Group capacity rose by 3.5%. The load factor for the month improved 0.3 points to 84.3%.

Norwegian reached a new milestone in June, flying more than three million passengers in one single month. The total traffic growth increased by 19% in June, driven by 20% capacity growth compared to June 2016. The load factor for June was 89.7%, compared to 90.2% the previous year.

Ryanair reported that June traffic grew 12% to 11.8m customers, compared to June 2016. The load factor rose 2% points to 96% and rolling annual traffic to June grew 13% to 123.8m customers, compared to the same period in 2016.

JetBlue Airways Corporation has reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2017. Traffic in May increased 3.8% from May 2016, on a capacity increase of 3.7%. The load factor for the month was up 0.1 points to 84.7% when compared to the previous year.

Lufthansa Group has reported that traffic increased 16.2% for May 2017, while capacity increased 12.2% over the previous year. The load factor improved 2.7 points to 79%, compared to May 2016.