Alaska Air Group Reports November Traffic
05 Dicembre 2005 - 11:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
SEATTLE, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc.
(NYSE) today reported November passenger traffic for its
subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon).
ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska's November traffic increased 4.1 percent to
1.366 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) from 1.312 billion
flown a year earlier. Capacity during November was 1.816 billion
available seat miles (ASMs), 1.4 percent higher than the 1.791
billion in November 2004. The passenger load factor (the percentage
of available seats occupied by fare-paying passengers) for the
month was 75.2 percent, compared to 73.3 percent in November 2004.
The airline carried 1,345,000 passengers, compared to 1,320,200 in
November 2004. RPMs for the 11-month period totaled 15.475 billion,
a 4.4 percent increase from the 14.818 billion recorded a year
earlier. Capacity for the 11 months ended November 2005 decreased
0.1 percent to 20.394 billion ASMs, compared to 20.417 billion in
2004. The passenger load factor for the first 11 months of 2005 was
75.9 percent, compared to 72.6 percent in 2004. The airline carried
15,360,100 passengers, compared to 14,887,200 in 2004. HORIZON AIR
Horizon's November traffic increased 10 percent to 206.2 million
RPMs from 187.5 million flown a year earlier. Capacity during
November was 279.2 million ASMs, 9.1 percent higher than the 255.9
million in November 2004. The passenger load factor for the month
was 73.9 percent, compared to 73.3 percent in November 2004. The
airline carried 523,500 passengers, compared to 510,000 in November
2004. RPMs for the 11-month period totaled 2.258 billion, a 15.6
percent increase from the 1.954 billion recorded a year earlier.
Capacity for the 11 months ended November 2005 increased 9.7
percent to 3.110 billion ASMs, compared to 2.836 billion in 2004.
The passenger load factor for the first 11 months of 2005 was 72.6
percent, compared to 68.9 percent in 2004. The airline carried
5,929,000 passengers, compared to 5,383,000 in 2004. Horizon's
RPMs, passenger load factor and passengers are reported using
actual November operating data for flights operated as Horizon Air
combined with estimated operating data for Horizon's regional jet
service operated as Frontier JetExpress. DATASOURCE: Alaska Air
Group, Inc. CONTACT: Caroline Boren, +1-206-392-5799, or Amanda
Tobin, +1-206-392-5134, both for Alaska Air Group, Inc. Web site:
http://www.alaskaair.com/
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