Ryanair passenger traffic up 14%

4 November 2010 Ryanair carried 7 million passengers in October 2010, 14% more than 2009. Its load factor was 85% in the month, unchanged on October 2009. In the 12 months to the end of October 2010, Ryanair had 72.5 million ‘booked passengers’ (i.e. seats...

British Airways passenger traffic up 3.9%

4 November 2010 British Airways carried 3.9% more passengers in October 2010 compared with last year, its fastest growth over two years, helped by continuing growth in premium travel and demand for short-haul flights rebounding. The airline carried 2.95 million...

EasyJet passengers numbers up 8.6%

5 November 2010 EasyJet carried 4.6 million passengers in October 2010, up 8.6% from the same month last year. Its load factor increased to 88.2% from 86.8%. The budget airline carried 49.1 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of October 2010, up 8.1% from...

European Commission fines 11 airlines for price-fixing

10 November 2010 British Airways, Air France KLM and nine other airlines have been fined a total of £678 million (€800 million) by the European Commission (EC) for being involved in an illegal cartel. The airlines were found guilty of conspiring on the prices they...

Heathrow Airport Link

8 November 2010 Tony Baldry (Conservative, Banbury) : Asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the terms of reference were for the report by Arup on the Heathrow link; (2) if he will publish the report by Arup on the Heathrow link in a form which includes...