Airline Traffic

SAS Group airlines flew 2.39 billion RPKs in August, a 7% increase over the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 4.2% to 3.07 billion ASKs, lifting load factor 2 points to 78.2%. Scandinavian Airlines flew 2.19 billion RPKs, a 6.5% increase, against a 3.4% rise in capacity to 2.76 billion ASKs. Load factor rose 2.3 points to 79.3%.

US Airways operated 5.74 billion system RPMs in August, a 0.8% increase from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 1.2% to 6.77 billion ASMs and load factor fell 0.3 points to 84.7%. US Airways mainline flew 5.53 billion RPMs, a 0.6% increase, as capacity grew 1.2% to 6.49 billion ASMs. Load factor dropped 0.5 points to 85.2%.

Finnair flew 1.73 billion RPKs in August, a 0.6% fall year-over-year, against a 1.7% rise in capacity to 2.21 billion ASKs. Load factor fell 1.8 points to 78.4%.

Hawaiian Airlines operated 840.1 million RPMs in August, up 14.3% on the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 11% to 954.5 million ASMs and load factor increased 2.6 points to 88%.

Ryanair transported 7.68 million passengers in August, up 12% year-over-year, while load factor fell 1 point to 89%.

Monarch Airlines carried 484,594 passengers in August, a 4.98% increase year-over-year. Its load factor jumped 3.6 points to 93.9%.