Despite decline in its flying capacity, American Airlines’ traffic increased 2.5 percent in March over the same month in 2009. And while American doesn’t estimate revenues in its monthly traffic, US Airways said Monday that its March passenger unit revenues soared
18 percent over a year earlier.
Month: April 2010
US Airways’ Revenue Improves, Fueling Signs of Recovery
Passenger Traffic and Demand Improvements Continue in March – IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that March
2010 international scheduled air traffic showed continued strengthening of
demand. Compared to March 2009, passenger demand was up 10.3%, while cargo
demand grew 28.1%. Both are improvements from the 9.0% and 26.3% growth for
passenger and freight demand recorded in February.
United Airlines Sees Clearer Skies Ahead
Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air Returns to Profitability
Southwest Airlines Posts First-quarter Profit
Air Transport Association of America Reports Double-Digit Increase in March Passenger Revenue, February Cargo Traffic
Allegiant Air Reports First Quarter 2010 Profit
Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air, reported $22.6 million in net income for the first quarter. Operating revenue was up 19.4% to $169.6 million. Average aircraft in
operation increased by seven to 46, lifting seat capacity 16.9% from the
year-ago quarter to 1.56 billion ASMs while RPMs increased 17.7% to 1.37
billion. Load factor was 88.2%, up 0.6 point, the “eighth consecutive
quarter of load factors near or above 90%,” Gallagher said.
SkyWest, Inc. Reports March Traffic Increased for SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines
SkyWest, Inc. reported a 16.8 percent increase in revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) for March, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased
11.9 percent compared to the same period last year. The combined airlines
generated 1.63 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 2.02
billion. Load factor was up 3.4 percentage points to 81.0 percent compared
to 77.6 percent for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for
March totaled 3,292,598 a 17.7 percent increase from March 2009.