SkyEurope: Disjointed March Stats

SkyEurope's March was an odd one. The airline experienced a 16.2 percent rise in the number of passengers flown in March, against last March's performance, carrying over 307,000 passengers over the course of the month. Load factor is down over 14 percent to 73.6 percent in comparison with March 2007, a fact that the airline attributes to a dramatic, nearly 40 percent rise in "seat capacity."

Against Ryanair's performance, SkyEurope lagged on both criteria this past month, with a lower rise in the number of passengers flown (16.2 percent to Ryanair's 19 percent), and lower load factor (73.6 percent to Ryanair's 79 percent).