Azul Reports September Traffic

Azul S.A., “Azul,” (b3:AZUL4) AZUL, +0.69% the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served and flight departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for September 2018. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 16.0% compared to September 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 16.1%. As a result, load factor remained flat at 83.2%. Domestic […]

Group Traffic and Capacity Statistics

Group traffic in September, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 5.9 per cent versus September 2017; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 7.2 per cent. STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS On 12 September, Aer Lingus announced two new North American routes that will start next summer. Its flights between Dublin and Minneapolis-St. Paul commence […]

Latin American and Caribbean airlines passenger traffic up 4% in June 2018: ALTA

In June, passenger traffic grew 4% compared to the same period of the previous year. Brazil and Mexico domestic markets led the month’s growth with 252,000 and 253,000 additional passengers, respectively. Chile showed the greatest percentage growth (17%), followed by Peru (11%) and Argentina (7%), while Colombia showed a decrease of 5.1% this month. The […]

Passenger Demand Accelerates in June

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 7.8% compared to June 2017. This was up from 6.0% year-over-year growth recorded in both May and April. June capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.5%, and […]

Jet fuel prices rise above $90, highest since Nov 2014

Jet fuel prices have breached the highest level since November 2014 and are currently sitting just above $90 per barrel, IATA said in its latest financial monitor. The current jet fuel price is nearly 55% higher than it was a year ago, IATA said on Thursday. “Global oil prices have trended upwards since early 2017, […]

Passenger Demand Continues Strong Growth in May

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 6.1% compared to the same month in 2017, which was a slight pickup from 6.0% year-over-year growth for April 2018. Capacity climbed 5.9% and load factor rose 0.1 percentage point to […]

Heathrow gets go-ahead to become world’s biggest airport

A century after it opened as a simple grass runway in a village west of London, Heathrow could be transformed into the world’s biggest airport following a controversial decision by British lawmakers. Construction of a third runway — one which would extend over the country’s busiest freeway — was approved in a parliamentary vote that […]

Latin America and Caribbean airlines passenger Traffic Up 6.1% in April 2018

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin American and Caribbean airlines carried 20.6 million passengers in April 2018 and increased 6.1% (1,193,015 more passengers) compared to the previous year. (see table 1) Traffic measured in RPK grew 8.2% and capacity (ASK) increased 8.4%, bringing up the load factor to […]

Azul Reports May Traffic

Azul S.A., «Azul», (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served, announces today its preliminary traffic results for May 2018. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 14.0% compared to May 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 13.5%. As a result, load factor was 80.1%, 0.3 percentage points higher than […]

Aeromexico Reports May 2018 Traffic Results

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. («Aeromexico») (BMV: AEROMEX) today reported May 2018 operational results. Grupo Aeromexico transported 1 million 824 thousand passengers in May; a 6.8% year-on-year increase. International passenger numbers increased by 12.0%, while domestic passenger numbers increased by 4.2%. Demand, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs), increased by 9.9%, year-on-year. Aeromexico’s capacity, measured […]