Southwest Airlines Co. : Southwest Airlines Reports May Traffic
06/07/2012| 08:50am US/Eastern
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DALLAS, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today reported May 2012 consolidated traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran. AirTran became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. ("the Company") on May 2, 2011. For purposes of comparability, the Company is providing combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran
for periods prior to the acquisition date. See the accompanying tables for combined results.
The Company flew 9.0 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in May 2012, compared to 9.2 billion RPMs flown in May 2011, a decrease of 2.6 percent. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 0.9 percent to 11.0 billion from the May 2011 level of 11.1 billion. The load factor for May 2012 was 81.3 percent, compared to 82.7 percent in May 2011. For May 2012, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased in the five to six percent range as compared to May 2011.
For the first five months of 2012, the Company flew 41.3 billion RPMs, compared to 41.7 billion combined RPMs flown in the same period in 2011, a decrease of 1.1 percent. The year-to-date ASMs increased 0.1 percent to 52.5 billion from the combined level of 52.4 billion for the same period in 2011. The year-to-date load factor was 78.7 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 79.6 percent for the same period in 2011.
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
MAY
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2012 2011 CHANGE
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Revenue
passengers
carried 9,592,865 9,696,756 (1.1)%
Enplaned
passengers 11,719,335 11,957,808 (2.0)%
Revenue
passenger
miles (000) 8,974,366 9,213,061 (2.6)%
Available seat
miles (000) 11,036,945 11,142,018 (0.9)%
Load factor 81.3% 82.7% (1.4) pts.
Average length
of haul 936 950 (1.5)%
Trips flown 118,404 121,302 (2.4)%
YEAR-TO-DATE
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2012 2011 CHANGE
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Revenue
passengers
carried 44,449,719 44,514,303 (0.1)%
Enplaned
passengers 54,120,118 54,504,056 (0.7)%
Revenue
passenger
miles (000) 41,269,715 41,731,152 (1.1)%
Available seat
miles (000) 52,463,072 52,417,193 0.1 %
Load factor 78.7% 79.6% (0.9) pts.
Average length
of haul 928 937 (1.0)%
Trips flown 567,880 573,475 (1.0)%
SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.
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