Southwest Airlines Reports April Traffic
DALLAS, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 6.3 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in April 2008, a 5.7 percent increase from the 5.9 billion RPMs flown in April 2007. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 5.3 percent to 8.6 billion from the April 2007 level of 8.2 billion. The load factor for the month was 72.6 percent, compared to 72.3 percent for the same period last year.
For the four months ended April 30, 2008, Southwest flew 23.9 billion RPMs, compared to the 22.0 billion RPMs recorded for the same period of 2007, an increase of 8.3 percent. Available seat miles increased 6.1 percent to 33.8 billion from the 2007 level of 31.9 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 70.5 percent, compared to 69.1 percent for the same period last year.
This release, as well as past news releases on Southwest, are available online at http://www.southwest.com/?src=INVRINVAPTR000000080505.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS APRIL 2008 2007 CHANGE Revenue passengers carried 7,663,814 7,378,668 3.9 % Enplaned passengers 8,794,398 8,434,977 4.3 % Revenue passenger miles (000) 6,261,385 5,921,988 5.7 % Available seat miles (000) 8,625,382 8,189,481 5.3 % Load factor 72.6% 72.3% 0.3 pts. Average length of haul 817 803 1.7 % Trips flown 100,307 95,668 4.8 % YEAR-TO-DATE 2008 2007 CHANGE Revenue passengers carried 29,169,236 27,339,601 6.7 % Enplaned passengers 33,503,013 31,338,050 6.9 % Revenue passenger miles (000) 23,853,543 22,031,059 8.3 % Available seat miles (000) 33,818,819 31,867,856 6.1 % Load factor 70.5% 69.1% 1.4 pts. Average length of haul 818 806 1.5 % Trips flown 395,097 372,568 6.0 %
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Southwest Airlines Co.
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