Southwest Airlines Reports March Traffic
April 07 2016 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
DALLAS, April 7, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the
"Company") today reported its March and first quarter preliminary
traffic statistics.
The Company flew 10.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in
March 2016, an increase of 6.2
percent from the 10.2 billion RPMs flown in March 2015. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased
6.1 percent to 12.9 billion in March
2016, compared with March 2015
ASMs of 12.1 billion. The March 2016
load factor was a record for the month of March at 84.6 percent,
compared with 84.5 percent in March 2015. The Company
continues to estimate its first quarter 2016 operating revenue per
ASM (RASM) will be in line with first quarter 2015.
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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MARCH
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2016
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2015
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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10,944,627
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10,363,811
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5.6%
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Enplaned
passengers
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13,113,439
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12,526,974
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4.7%
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Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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10,875,078
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10,240,507
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6.2%
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Available seat miles
(000s)
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12,852,734
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12,113,609
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6.1%
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Load
factor
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84.6%
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84.5%
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0.1 pts.
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Average length of
haul
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994
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988
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0.6%
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Trips
flown
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113,053
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108,763
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3.9%
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FIRST
QUARTER
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2016
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2015
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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28,603,479
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26,442,996
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8.2%
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Enplaned
passengers
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34,628,441
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32,098,958
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7.9%
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Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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28,408,164
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25,860,866
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9.9%
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Available seat miles
(000s)
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35,268,149
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32,297,465
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9.2%
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Load
factor
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80.5%
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80.1%
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0.4 pts.
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Average length of
haul
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993
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978
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1.5%
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Trips
flown
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314,537
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296,570
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6.1%
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SW-T
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.
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