DALLAS, March 11, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced
today that the Company flew 7.6 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPMs) in February 2015, a 6.0
percent increase from the 7.1 billion RPMs flown in February
2014. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.6 percent to
9.5 billion in February 2015 compared
with the February 2014 level of 9.1
billion. The February 2015 load
factor was 79.9 percent, compared with 78.1 percent in February
2014. For February 2015,
passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased
approximately 1.0 percent, compared with February 2014.
For the first two months of 2015, the Company
flew 15.6 billion RPMs, compared with 14.6 billion RPMs
flown for the same period in 2014,
an increase of 7.3 percent. Year-to-date ASMs
increased 7.0 percent to a level of 20.2 billion compared with the
18.9 billion for the same period in 2014. The year-to-date
load factor was 77.4 percent, compared with 77.2 percent
for the same period in 2014.
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
|
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
carried
|
7,860,395
|
|
7,538,702
|
|
4.3%
|
Enplaned
passengers
|
9,535,453
|
|
9,189,209
|
|
3.8%
|
Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
|
7,572,150
|
|
7,145,685
|
|
6.0%
|
Available seat miles
(000s)
|
9,474,563
|
|
9,148,333
|
|
3.6%
|
Load
factor
|
79.9 %
|
|
78.1 %
|
|
1.8 pts.
|
Average length of
haul
|
963
|
|
948
|
|
1.6%
|
Trips
flown
|
88,038
|
|
90,946
|
|
(3.2)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YEAR-TO-DATE
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers
carried
|
16,073,961
|
|
15,249,200
|
|
5.4%
|
Enplaned
passengers
|
19,571,984
|
|
18,656,028
|
|
4.9%
|
Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
|
15,620,359
|
|
14,558,847
|
|
7.3%
|
Available seat miles
(000s)
|
20,183,856
|
|
18,869,804
|
|
7.0%
|
Load
factor
|
77.4 %
|
|
77.2 %
|
|
0.2
pts.
|
Average length of
haul
|
972
|
|
955
|
|
1.8%
|
Trips
flown
|
187,807
|
|
188,500
|
|
(0.4)%
|
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.