Southwest reports increased May passenger numbers
Southwest boosted passenger traffic in May, with an increase of just over 3%. The LCC flew 11.3m revenue passengers in May, a 3.6% increase on the previous year period’s 10.9m. Traffic in revenue passenger miles was up 3.4% for the month, and with ASM capacity rising 4.0%, load factor fell 0.4 percentage points to 85.4%. Year to date numbers for the period to end May showed a 4.2% lift in revenue passengers carried to 51.9m. ASM capacity rose 4.8% in the five months, with RPM traffic lagging slightly with an increase of 4.4%. Load factor was 81.9%, a drop of 0.3 percentage points on the 2016 period. Southwest said that “based on these results and current trends, the Company continues to expect its second quarter 2017 operating revenue per ASM to increase in the one to two percent range, as compared with second quarter 2016.”<br/>
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Southwest reports increased May passenger numbers
Southwest boosted passenger traffic in May, with an increase of just over 3%. The LCC flew 11.3m revenue passengers in May, a 3.6% increase on the previous year period’s 10.9m. Traffic in revenue passenger miles was up 3.4% for the month, and with ASM capacity rising 4.0%, load factor fell 0.4 percentage points to 85.4%. Year to date numbers for the period to end May showed a 4.2% lift in revenue passengers carried to 51.9m. ASM capacity rose 4.8% in the five months, with RPM traffic lagging slightly with an increase of 4.4%. Load factor was 81.9%, a drop of 0.3 percentage points on the 2016 period. Southwest said that “based on these results and current trends, the Company continues to expect its second quarter 2017 operating revenue per ASM to increase in the one to two percent range, as compared with second quarter 2016.”<br/>
