Southwest Airlines Reports May Traffic
June 06 2018 - 06:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
DALLAS, June 6, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the
"Company") today reported its May and year-to-date 2018 preliminary
traffic statistics.
The Company flew 11.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in
May 2018, an increase of 4.2 percent
from the 11.2 billion RPMs flown in May
2017. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 5.2 percent to
13.8 billion in May 2018, compared
with May 2017 ASMs of 13.2 billion.
The May 2018 load factor was 84.6
percent, compared with 85.4 percent in May
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MAY
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
carried
|
11,878,257
|
|
11,269,941
|
|
5.4%
|
Enplaned
passengers
|
14,432,274
|
|
13,706,047
|
|
5.3%
|
Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
|
11,705,631
|
|
11,232,347
|
|
4.2%
|
Available seat miles
(000s)
|
13,840,883
|
|
13,157,810
|
|
5.2%
|
Load
factor
|
84.6%
|
|
85.4%
|
|
(0.8) pts.
|
Average length of
haul
|
985
|
|
997
|
|
(1.2)%
|
Trips
flown
|
119,025
|
|
115,703
|
|
2.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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YEAR-TO-DATE
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
carried
|
54,609,847
|
|
51,902,833
|
|
5.2%
|
Enplaned
passengers
|
65,756,951
|
|
62,745,062
|
|
4.8%
|
Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
|
53,347,233
|
|
51,803,372
|
|
3.0%
|
Available seat miles
(000s)
|
64,778,026
|
|
63,227,506
|
|
2.5%
|
Load
factor
|
82.4%
|
|
81.9%
|
|
0.5 pts.
|
Average length of
haul
|
977
|
|
998
|
|
(2.1)%
|
Trips
flown
|
561,606
|
|
552,018
|
|
1.7%
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SW-T
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