Finnair traffic rose by approximately 9.1% October 2011, as the overall capacity grew by 14.8% compared with October 2010. The load factor was down 4.1 pts to 63.4% compared to the same period in 2010. Asian capacity grew by 26.9% and traffic increased by 14.1%.
Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, reported preliminary traffic results for October 2011. Frontier’s traffic increased 2%, while capacity was down 3%. October had a load factor of 88% compared to 83% in the same month last year, up 5.o pts.
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2011. Traffic was 3% lower than the same month last year, while capacity was down 4%. Consolidated load factor was 82% in October of 2011, versus 81% in the same month last year.
For the month of October, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 79.4%, versus 80.3% in October 2010, a decrease of 0.9 pts. System traffic increased 2.0% on a system-wide capacity increase of 3.2%.
Ryanair released that October traffic grew 4% compared to the same period in October 2010 while the load factor dropped slighty 1.0 pt to 84%.
American Airlines reported an October load factor of 83.2%, which compares to 83.6% in the same period last year. American’s capacity and traffic were 0.7% and 1.1% lower year-over-year, respectively.
Delta Air Lines’Â system load factor for October was 82.8%, 0.6 points lower than the prior year on a 3.1% decrease in capacity. Â System traffic decreased 3.8% percent year over year.
Alaska reported a 6.0% increase in traffic on a 5.1% increase in capacity compared to October 2010. This resulted in a 0.8-point increase in load factor to an October record 82.6%. Horizon reported a 16.3% decline in traffic on a 19.5% decline in capacity compared to October 2010. This resulted in a 2.9-point increase in
US Airways Group’s mainline traffic for the month was down 1.5% versus October 2010, while mainline capacity was down 1.7% versus October 2010. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 83.7% for the month of October, up 0.1 points versus October 2010.
Porter Airlines reported October load factor at 67.7%, 11.4 points higher than the previous year. Traffic for the month increased 44% while capacity increased 19.9%.
