Traffic

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...

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) reported a 3.6% drop in its total November traffic. United Continental's total traffic declined to around 15.56 billion revenue passenger miles, versus 16.15 billion revenue passenger miles, in the year-ago period. Its total November capacity fell 4% to...

Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) reported a 2.5% rise in its total November traffic. Southwest Airlines' traffic for the period climbed to more than 8.28 billion revenue passenger miles, versus 8.07 billion revenue passenger miles, in the year-earlier period. Its total November capacity gained 0...

Holiday traffic is a familiar sight all over the world. So it's no surprise that during the long Easter weekend, many Brazilians have left the confines of their cities to spend some time relaxing with their relatives around the country. However, what is surprising is the sheer volume of traffic....