Puerto Rico’s Aguadilla Airport Just Set a Record
Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla just set a record for passenger traffic in a calendar year. Aguadilla is set on the northwest corner of the island of Puerto Rico. The airport handled more than 600,000 passengers last year, the highest figure ever recorded at the airport — eclipsing the previous record of […]
Puerto Rico’s Biggest Airport Continues to Rebound
Puerto Rico’s biggest airport, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Airport in San Juan, is seeing a continued rebound in passenger traffic, according to new data from ASUR, which manages the airport. San Juan saw a 20.9 percent increase in passenger traffic in December, with a total of 648,292 passengers in the month. That included […]
Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 22.8 million passengers in October
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 22.8 million passengers in October, and up 9% – or 1,884,258 more passengers – from the previous year. Traffic (RPK) grew 7.8% and capacity (ASK) increased 11.9%, bringing up the load factor to 82.6%, 3.1 percentage points […]
IATA announced global passenger traffic results for October: demand rose 6.3%
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 6.3% compared to the same month last year. This marked a rebound from 5.5% growth recorded in September, which was an eight-month low. Capacity also grew 6.3% and load factor was […]
GOL discloses preliminary traffic figures for November 2018
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. , Brazil’s premier domestic airline, announces today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of November, 2018. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2017. Highlights GOL’s domestic supply (ASK) and demand (RPK) increased 1.1% and 2.9%, respectively. GOL’s domestic load factor was 83.7%, a 1.5 p.p. increase in comparison […]
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 […]
