Southwest Airlines Reports August Traffic
September 12 2018 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
DALLAS, Sept. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest
Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") today reported its August
and year-to-date 2018 preliminary traffic statistics.
The Company flew 11.4 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in
August 2018, an increase of 1.3
percent from the 11.3 billion RPMs flown in August 2017. Available seat miles (ASMs)
increased 2.0 percent to 13.5 billion in August 2018, compared with August 2017 ASMs of 13.3 billion. The
August 2018 load factor was 84.3
percent, compared with 84.9 percent in August 2017.
This release, as well as past news releases about Southwest
Airlines Co., is available online at Southwest.com.
Southwest Airlines
Co.
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Preliminary
Comparative Traffic Statistics
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AUGUST
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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11,391,457
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11,208,623
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1.6%
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Enplaned
passengers
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13,966,584
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13,656,895
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2.3%
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Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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11,418,568
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11,276,636
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1.3%
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Available seat miles
(000s)
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13,547,581
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13,281,164
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2.0%
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Load
factor
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84.3%
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84.9%
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(0.6) pts.
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Average length of
haul
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1,002
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1,006
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(0.4)%
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Trips
flown
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116,872
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115,837
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0.9%
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YEAR-TO-DATE
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers
carried
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90,185,081
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86,668,224
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4.1%
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Enplaned
passengers
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109,401,967
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105,323,230
|
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3.9%
|
Revenue passenger
miles (000s)
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89,617,365
|
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87,361,958
|
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2.6%
|
Available seat miles
(000s)
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107,022,911
|
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104,313,463
|
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2.6%
|
Load
factor
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83.7%
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83.7%
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—
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Average length of
haul
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994
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1,008
|
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(1.4)%
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Trips
flown
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919,046
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906,324
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1.4%
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SW-T
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