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.
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Southwest Airlines Co. Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics JULY ---- 2015 2014 Change ---- ---- ------ Revenue passengers carried 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 7.0% Load factor 87.7% 86.7% 1.0 pts. Average length of haul 1,042 1,031 1.1% Trips flown 115,017 113,099 1.7% YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 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 (0.3)%
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