Our preliminary traffic results for August 2012 are in. Traffic in August increased 13.1 percent from August 2011, on a capacity increase of 12.8 percent. Load factor for August 2012 was 87.6 percent, an increase of 0.3 points from August 2011. Our preliminary completion factor was 99.6 percent and our on-time (1) performance was 74.0 percent. Our preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of August increased three percent year over year. For the month of September, PRASM is expected to decrease between two and three percent year over year.
TRAFFIC RESULTS
|
August 2012 |
August 2011 |
% Change |
|
| Revenue passenger miles (000) |
3,281,250 |
2,900,026 |
13.1% |
| Available seat miles (000) |
3,744,903 |
3,320,360 |
12.8% |
| Load factor |
87.6% |
87.3% |
0.3 pts. |
| Revenue passengers |
2,795,097 |
2,424,329 |
15.3% |
| Departures |
24,403 |
21,105 |
15.6% |
| Average stage length |
1,097 |
1,116 |
(1.7)% |
|
Y-T-D 2012 |
Y-T-D 2011 |
% Change |
|
| Revenue passenger miles (000) |
22,965,586 |
20,579,385 |
11.6% |
| Available seat miles (000) |
27,004,730 |
24,838,362 |
8.7% |
| Load factor |
85.0% |
82.9% |
2.1 pts. |
| Revenue passengers |
19,777,445 |
17,662,060 |
12.0% |
| Departures |
178,486 |
162,068 |
10.1% |
| Average stage length |
1,084 |
1,092 |
(0.7)% |



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