SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. DALLAS, Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 9.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2014, a 4.9 percent increase from the 9.2 billion RPMs flown in August 2013. Available seat miles (ASMs) remained relatively flat compared to the August 2013 level of 11.3 billion. The August 2014 load factor was 85.5 percent, compared to 81.3 percent in August 2013. For August 2014, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased in the five to six percent range as compared to August 2013.
For the first eight months of 2014, the Company flew 73.0 billion RPMs, compared to 70.8 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2013, an increase of 3.1 percent. Year-to-date ASMs decreased 0.2 percent to 88.1 billion from 88.3 billion for the same period in 2013. The year-to-date load factor was 82.9 percent, compared to 80.3 percent for the same period in 2013.
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AUGUST
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2014 2013 Change
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Revenue passengers carried 9,442,224 9,106,397 3.7%
Enplaned passengers 11,890,205 11,456,302 3.8%
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 9,622,273 9,169,665 4.9%
Available seat miles (000s) 11,252,402 11,273,299 (0.2)%
Load factor 85.5% 81.3% 4.2 pts.
Average length of haul 1,019 1,007 1.2%
Trips flown 106,663 112,448 (5.1)%
YEAR-TO-DATE
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2014 2013 Change
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Revenue passengers carried 73,964,223 73,026,626 1.3%
Enplaned passengers 91,145,675 89,911,483 1.4%
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 73,000,579 70,833,243 3.1%
Available seat miles (000s) 88,082,240 88,254,778 (0.2)%
Load factor 82.9% 80.3% 2.6 pts.
Average length of haul 987 970 1.8%
Trips flown 846,743 891,956 (5.1)%
SOURCE Southwest Airlines
