SEATTLE, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air
Group Inc. today reported May operational results on a consolidated
basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska
Airlines Inc. and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary
Horizon Air Industries Inc. and third-party regional carriers
SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines, a subsidiary of Ravn
Air.
AIR GROUP
On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a
1.0% increase in traffic on a 0.7% increase in capacity compared to
May 2018. Load factor increased 0.3
points to 85.7%.
The following table shows the operational results for May and
year-to-date, compared to the prior-year periods:
|
May
|
|
Year-to-Date
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
(000)
|
4,028
|
|
4,042
|
|
(0.3)%
|
|
18,237
|
|
18,370
|
|
(0.7)%
|
Revenue passenger
miles RPM (000,000) "traffic"
|
4,884
|
|
4,835
|
|
1.0%
|
|
21,951
|
|
21,837
|
|
0.5%
|
Available seat miles
ASM (000,000) "capacity"
|
5,702
|
|
5,660
|
|
0.7%
|
|
26,663
|
|
26,597
|
|
0.2%
|
Passenger load
factor
|
85.7%
|
|
85.4%
|
|
0.3 pts
|
|
82.3%
|
|
82.1%
|
|
0.2 pts
|
MAINLINE
Mainline reported flat traffic on a 0.3% decrease in capacity
compared to May 2018. Load factor
increased 0.3 points to 86.1%. Mainline also reported 82.7% of its
flights arrived on time in May 2019,
compared to 81.8% reported in May
2018.
The following table shows mainline operational results for May
and year-to-date, compared to the prior-year periods:
|
May
|
|
Year-to-Date
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
(000)
|
3,076
|
|
3,162
|
|
(2.7)%
|
|
13,834
|
|
14,398
|
|
(3.9)%
|
RPMs
(000,000)
|
4,402
|
|
4,403
|
|
—%
|
|
19,738
|
|
19,966
|
|
(1.1)%
|
ASMs
(000,000)
|
5,115
|
|
5,132
|
|
(0.3)%
|
|
23,880
|
|
24,188
|
|
(1.3)%
|
Passenger load
factor
|
86.1%
|
|
85.8%
|
|
0.3 pts
|
|
82.7%
|
|
82.5%
|
|
0.2 pts
|
On-time arrivals as
reported to U.S. DOT
|
82.7%
|
|
81.8%
|
|
0.9 pts
|
|
79.5%
|
|
83.6%
|
|
(4.1) pts
|
REGIONAL
Regional traffic increased 11.6% on an 11.2% increase in
capacity compared to May 2018. Load
factor increased 0.3 points to 82.1 percent. Alaska's regional partners also reported 88.2%
of flights arrived on time in May
2019, compared to 87.8% in May
2018.
The following table shows regional operational results for May
and year-to-date, compared to the prior-year periods:
|
May
|
|
Year-to-Date
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
(000)
|
952
|
|
880
|
|
8.2%
|
|
4,403
|
|
3,972
|
|
10.9%
|
RPMs
(000,000)
|
482
|
|
432
|
|
11.6%
|
|
2,213
|
|
1,871
|
|
18.3%
|
ASMs
(000,000)
|
587
|
|
528
|
|
11.2%
|
|
2,783
|
|
2,409
|
|
15.5%
|
Passenger load
factor
|
82.1%
|
|
81.8%
|
|
0.3 pts
|
|
79.5%
|
|
77.7%
|
|
1.8 pts
|
On-time arrivals as
reported to U.S. DOT
|
88.2%
|
|
87.8%
|
|
0.4 pts
|
|
81.6%
|
|
86.4%
|
|
(4.8) pts
|
Alaska Airlines and its regional partners fly 46 million guests
a year to more than 115 destinations with an average of 1,200 daily
flights across the United States
and to Mexico, Canada and Costa
Rica. With Alaska and
Alaska Global Partners, guests can earn and redeem miles on flights
to more than 900 destinations worldwide. Alaska Airlines ranked
"Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Carriers
in North America" in the J.D. Power North America Airline
Satisfaction Study for 12 consecutive years from 2008 to 2019.
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Airlines and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group
(NYSE: ALK).
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