“We continue to see growth in average yields and ancillary revenue across our network. “Demand from the USA for flights to Europe has been very strong this year, with prices and yields high compared to last year.” “October marks the end of the official summer season and the change over to the network’s winter schedule.” “October delivered a very acceptable load factor of 83%, up from 82% last year, while the number of passengers grew by 68% from last year to 154,000 and PLAY had an impressive on-time performance of 85.8%.” PLAY also noted that ten of their destinations had a load factor of more than 90%, with the airline carrying 1.3m passengers year to date, and the load factor was 84.9% overall for that period too.ĬEO Birgir Jonsson commented on the results: Of the 154,479 passengers handled, 28.4% were departing from Iceland, 33.9% were travelling to Iceland and 37.6% were connecting passengers. Load factor with the carrier increased from 81.9% to 83%, with the on-time performance being recorded at 85.8%. PLAY handled 154,479 passengers in October 2023, which is 68% higher than the same period last year. Gulf Air A320 from Bahrain – Jeddah declares emergency
