DALLAS, April 9, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced
today that the Company flew 10.2 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPMs) in March 2015, a 6.7 percent
increase from the 9.6 billion RPMs flown in March 2014.
Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 4.4 percent to 12.1 billion
from the March 2014 level of 11.6
billion. The March 2015 load
factor was 84.5 percent, compared with 82.7 percent in March
2014. For March 2015, passenger
revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased
approximately 1.0 percent, compared with March 2014.
For the first quarter of 2015, the Company flew 25.9
billion RPMs, compared with 24.2 billion RPMs flown for the
same period in 2014, an increase of 7.1
percent. First quarter 2015 ASMs increased 6.0
percent to 32.3 billion from first quarter 2014 ASMs of
30.5 billion. The first quarter 2015 load factor was 80.1
percent, compared with 79.3 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.
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Southwest Airlines
Co.
Preliminary Comparative Traffic
Statistics
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MARCH
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2015
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2014
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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10,363,811
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9,806,609
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5.7%
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Enplaned
passengers
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12,526,974
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12,000,553
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4.4%
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Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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10,240,507
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9,596,470
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6.7%
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Available seat miles
(000s)
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12,113,609
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11,604,778
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4.4%
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Load
factor
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84.5%
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82.7%
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1.8 pts.
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Average length of
haul
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988
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979
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0.9%
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Trips
flown
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108,763
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111,138
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(2.1)%
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FIRST
QUARTER
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2015
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2014
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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26,442,996
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25,055,809
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5.5%
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Enplaned
passengers
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32,098,958
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30,656,581
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4.7%
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Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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25,860,866
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24,155,317
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7.1%
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Available seat miles
(000s)
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32,297,465
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30,474,582
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6.0%
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Load
factor
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80.1%
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79.3%
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0.8 pts.
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Average length of
haul
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978
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964
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1.5%
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Trips
flown
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296,570
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299,638
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(1.0)%
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.