Southwest Airlines Reports January Traffic

07/02/2018 04:30

Source: PR News

DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") today reported its January preliminary traffic statistics.

The Company flew 9.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2018, an increase of 4.0 percent from the 9.4 billion RPMs flown in January 2017. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 1.9 percent to 12.5 billion in January 2018, compared with January 2017 ASMs of 12.3 billion. The January 2018 load factor was a record for the month of January at 77.8 percent, compared with 76.3 percent in January 2017.

This release, as well as past news releases about Southwest Airlines Co., is available online at Southwest.com.

Southwest Airlines Co.

Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics







JANUARY


2018


2017


Change

Revenue passengers carried

9,999,556


9,381,967


6.6%

Enplaned passengers

11,998,430


11,324,383


6.0%

Revenue passenger miles (000s)

9,726,202


9,352,649


4.0%

Available seat miles (000s)

12,498,380


12,265,438


1.9%

Load factor

77.8%


76.3%


1.5 pts.

Average length of haul

973


997


(2.4)%

Trips flown

110,509


108,437


1.9%

SW-T

 

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