Salmon demand helps keep LATAM’s cargo traffic growing
LATAM Cargo saw revenues and volumes improve in the third quarter of the year, with demand for salmon helping to propel demand. The Chile-headquartered carrier, which operates 10 B767-300Fs, recorded total cargo revenues for the period of $279m, up 2.5% year on year, while cargo traffic improved by the same amount on a year earlier […]
Emirates’ H1 cargo volumes down slightly, while profits under pressure
Emirates SkyCargo recorded a slight dip in freight traffic during the first half of the year, while the overall group saw profits slide compared with a year ago. Figures released today by the Emirates Group show that cargo volumes for the first half of 2019 declined by 1% year on year to 1.3m tonnes while […]
JetBlue Traffic Picks Up Steam to Begin Final Quarter
JetBlue saw a traffic surge at the beginning of the fourth quarter, according to newly-released data from the New York City-based carrier. JetBlue reported just under 4.06 billion revenue passenger miles in October, which represented a sizable 9.5 percent increase compared to the same month in 2017. That was accompanied by a 0.5-percentage-point increase in […]
Latin America and Caribbean airlines passenger traffic up 7% in September: ALTA
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 21.5 million passengers in September, and up 7% (or 1,398,831 additional passengers) from the previous year. Traffic (RPK) grew 9.6% and capacity (ASK) increased 12%, bringing up the load factor to 80.5% (1.7 percentage points lower than […]
Heathrow Airport soars with another consecutive month of growth
Heathrow has reported that during October the airport experienced strong passenger growth of nearly 4.5 per cent; almost seven million passengers travelled through the airport, which was reinforced by the half-term getaway traffic. Heathrow marked two years of consecutive record monthly volumes for the hub airport. The increases in passenger numbers are coming from larger […]
Global Passenger Traffic rose 5.5% in September
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for September showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 5.5% compared to the same month in 2017. This was a slowdown from the 6.4% growth recorded in August year-over-year. Capacity climbed 5.8% and load factor slipped for the first time […]
Air Canada posts 3Q net income decline, revenue record
Air Canada reported an adjusted net income of C$516 million ($393 million) for the third quarter (3Q), down 39% from a restated adjusted net income of C$922 for the year-ago quarter. The Canadian flag carrier’s 3Q unadjusted net income was C$645 million, compared to $1.7 billion a year ago, when the airline received a net […]
ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for September 2018
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) ASUR a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that total passenger traffic for September 2018 increased 15.4% when compared to September 2017. Passenger traffic rose 8.3% in Mexico, 56.6% in Puerto Rico and 15.8% in Colombia. […]
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 […]
