Airline and Hotel Operating and Financial Reports

Delta Sees Modest Increase in Traffic and Capacity for February

Delta Sees Modest Increase in Traffic and Capacity for February

Delta Air Lines announced operational results for February 2019. The airline carried 13.3 million passengers in the month, a record for the month of February.
The Atlanta-based carrier’s total system traffic for the month was 15.11 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 2.9 %, up from 14.69 billion in February 2018. Domestic traffic rose 3%, while international traffic rose 2.7%.
Total system-wide capacity for the month increased, up …

Aeromexico Sees Decline in Traffic, Capacity

Aeromexico Sees Decline in Traffic, Capacity

Aeromexico announced operational results for January 2019. The Mexico City-based carrier saw a decrease in traffic and capacity, while its load factor increased.
The airline’s total passenger traffic for the month was 3.60 billion revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs, a decline of 1.5% from 3.66 RPKs in the same month last year. On the domestic side of operations, the carrier reported a 5% decrease while the international side reported a 0.2% …

JetBlue Traffic, Capacity Soared in January

JetBlue Traffic, Capacity Soared in January

JetBlue Airways announced operational results for January 2019. The carrier said that its total traffic and capacity were up for the month.
The New York-based airline’s passenger traffic was 4.10 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 7.9% from 3.80 billion RPMs in the same period last year.
JetBlue’s capacity increased by 9.9% to 5.10 billion available seat miles, or ASMs, from 4.64 billion ASMs in January 2018.
Meanwhile, the …

Hawaiian Airlines Sees Higher Traffic and Capacity for January

Hawaiian Airlines Sees Higher Traffic and Capacity  for January

Hawaiian Airlines announced operational results for January 2019.
The airline reported that it carried 958,548 passengers in January, a year-over-year decline of 1.5% from 972,672.
Traffic for the Honolulu-based carrier during the month was 1.43 billion RPMs, or revenue passenger miles, an increase of 4.8% from 1.37 billion RPMs in January 2018. The carrier’s total capacity for the month was up 4.6% to 1.7 billion ASMs, or available seat miles, from 1.63 …

Delta Sees Rise in Traffic, Capacity for January

Delta Sees Rise in Traffic, Capacity for January

Delta Air Lines announced operational results for January 2019.
The Atlanta-based carrier’s total system traffic for the month was 16.56 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 5.9 %, up from 15.64 billion in January 2018. Domestic traffic rose 7.6%, while international traffic rose 3.1%.
Total system-wide capacity for the month also increased, up 5.9% to 20.79 billion available seat miles, or ASMs, from 19.62 billion last year. The …

Frankfurt Airport Saw Record Number of Passengers in 2018

Frankfurt Airport Saw Record Number of Passengers in 2018

Fraport AG, the operator of Frankfurt Airport, announced traffic figures for December as well as for calendar year 2018.
Passenger traffic for December was approximately 4.9 million passengers, a 7.8% increase over December 2017, while passenger traffic for calendar year 2018 was a record 69.5 million passengers, also a 7.8% year-over-year increase.
The number of aircraft movements for the year increased by 7.7% year-over-year to 512,115 takeoffs and landings, while the figures …

JetBlue Traffic and Capacity Up for December

JetBlue Traffic and Capacity Up for December

JetBlue Airways announced operational results for December 2018. The carrier said that its total traffic, capacity, and load factor were all up for the month.
The New York-based airline’s passenger traffic was 4.35 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 6.8% from 4.08 billion RPMs in the same period last year.
JetBlue’s capacity increased by 8.5% to 5.35 billion available seat miles, or ASMs, from 4.93 billion ASMs in …