18 July 2008

Traffic for US Airlines Down again in June.

Traffic for US Down again in June.

US Airlines are in some cases not waiting for the September day for cutting back. Overall we are seeing pretty significant declines already. Of the big 6 US carriers even Southwest was down and only Northwest actually experienced an increase in traffic

US Airlines in June
Delta Airlines; USA
Latest report shows passengers down by -4.7%
Southwest Airlines; USA
Passenger numbers for the month are down by -0.8%
American Airlines; USA
Just reported: passenger numbers drop by -2.8%
Continental Airlines; USA
Just reported: passenger numbers drop by -0.7%
Northwest Airlines; USA
Just released: a passenger increase of 2%
United Airlines; USA
Latest report shows passengers down by -5%
US Airways; USA
Passenger numbers for the month are down by -5.5%


Of international carriers the big 3 EU based legacy carriers all experienced a collective decline in load factors and BA experienced an absolute decline in traffic:

Airline RPKs ASKs PLF Change (ppts)
Air France/KLM +2.6% +4.1% 81.5% -1.2 ppts
British Airways -3.7% +1.2% 76.7% -3.8 ppts
Lufthansa Passenger Airlines +5.8% +7.2% 81.1% +1.0 ppts
Sources: Airline reports

Correction LH was still up on the month.

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