DALLAS,
Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company")
today reported its July and year-to-date preliminary traffic
statistics. The Company flew 11.5 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPMs) in July 2015, an 8.2 percent
increase from the 10.6 billion RPMs flown in July 2014. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased
7.0 percent to 13.1 billion in July
2015, compared with the July
2014 level of 12.3 billion. The July
2015 load factor was an all-time record 87.7
percent, compared with 86.7 percent in July
2014. Based on these results and current trends, the Company
estimates its third quarter 2015 operating revenue per ASM (RASM)
will decrease approximately 1.0 percent, compared with third
quarter 2014.
For the first seven months of 2015, the Company
flew 68.2 billion RPMs, compared with 63.4 billion RPMs
flown for the same period in 2014,
an increase of 7.6 percent. Year-to-date ASMs
increased 6.6 percent to a level of 81.9 billion, compared with the
76.8 billion for the same period in 2014. The year-to-date load
factor was 83.3 percent, compared with 82.5 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
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|
JULY
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|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers carried
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11,042,296
|
|
|
10,311,076
|
|
|
7.1%
|
Enplaned passengers
|
13,628,493
|
|
|
12,808,749
|
|
|
6.4%
|
Revenue passenger miles (000s)
|
11,503,195
|
|
|
10,632,595
|
|
|
8.2%
|
Available seat miles (000s)
|
13,120,858
|
|
|
12,259,044
|
|
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7.0%
|
Load factor
|
87.7%
|
|
|
86.7%
|
|
|
1.0 pts.
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Average length of haul
|
1,042
|
|
|
1,031
|
|
|
1.1%
|
Trips flown
|
115,017
|
|
|
113,099
|
|
|
1.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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YEAR-TO-DATE
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2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Change
|
Revenue passengers carried
|
68,286,034
|
|
|
64,521,999
|
|
|
5.8%
|
Enplaned passengers
|
83,397,735
|
|
|
79,255,470
|
|
|
5.2%
|
Revenue passenger miles (000s)
|
68,222,442
|
|
|
63,377,909
|
|
|
7.6%
|
Available seat miles (000s)
|
81,894,353
|
|
|
76,829,838
|
|
|
6.6%
|
Load factor
|
83.3%
|
|
|
82.5%
|
|
|
0.8 pts.
|
Average length of haul
|
999
|
|
|
982
|
|
|
1.7%
|
Trips flown
|
737,896
|
|
|
740,080
|
|
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(0.3)%
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.