Traffic

If it is true that every cloud has a silver lining, then there must be one for the weak US economy, right? USA Today's Larry Copeland may have found one. On May 21, 2012, Copeland reported that "higher gas prices and a spotty economy recovery" are responsible for the drop in traffic congestion...

US Airways Group Inc (NYSE: LCC) reported a 4.5% rise in its consolidated March traffic. US Airways' load factor climbed to 84% from 82.9%, while capacity surged 3.1%. US Airways' consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile gained 8%. US Airways shares gained 2.33% to $7.92 in pre-...

Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd (OTC: VBHLF) reported a 7.2% rise in its passenger numbers in February. Virgin Australia's revenue load factor dropped 4.6 percentage points to 72.4%. Virgin Australia shares closed at $0.45 yesterday.

Air France-KLM (OTC: AFLYY) reported a 6.2% rise in its passenger traffic in February. Air France-KLM's capacity climbed 2.5% in the month. Its load factor rose to 80.5%. Passenger numbers surged 5% to 5.34 million. Air France-KLM's cargo business traffic declined 5.1%, while its capacity rose 0....

US Airways Group Inc (NYSE: LCC) reported a 7.9% y/y rise in its February traffic. US Airways' traffic climbed to 4.3 billion revenue passenger miles. Its mainline load factor came in at 78.3%, up 1.5 percentage points from the year-ago period. On a consolidated basis, passenger revenue per...

Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE: GWR) reported a 12% y/y drop in its January traffic. Genesee & Wyoming's carloads declined to 72,887 last month, from 82,735, in the year-ago period. Excluding latest acquisitions, Genesee & Wyoming's traffic fell 14%. Metals traffic surged 22% to 8,946...

AMR Corp (OTC: AAMRQ) reported a rise in its American traffic last month. AMR's American traffic climbed 1.4% in January, while capacity dropped 2.1% y/y. Load factor surged to 78.5% from 75.8%. AMR shares closed at $0.64 yesterday.

Ryanair PLC (NASDAQ: RYAAY) reported a 6% drop in its traffic in January. Ryanair carried 4.39 million passengers in the month, down from 4.66 million in January 2011. For the 12 months ended January 31, it carried 76.2 million passengers. Ryanair's January load factor came in flat at 71%....

US Airways Group Inc (NYSE: LCC) reported a 3.6% rise in its December mainline traffic. Its mainline traffic climbed to more than 4.9 billion revenue passenger miles, versus 4.74 billion revenue passenger miles, in the year-earlier period. Total December capacity gained 2.2% to around 6 billion...

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (NYSE: GOL) reported a 3% y/y rise in its traffic in November. GOL reported that it had 2.63 billion revenue passenger kilometers last month, versus 2.54 billion RPKs, in the year-ago period. GOL's load factor came in at 62.9%, versus 64.7%, in the year-ago...