Alaska Air reports June, H1 traffic growth
Alaska Air Group reported its June and H1 2017 traffic results on Monday, including its Alaska Airlines and Virgin America units. Group airlines flew 3.9m revenue passengers in June, a 5.2% lift from June 2016. Of the total, Alaska Air added 6.9% more passengers to 2.3m, while Virgin America increased its total to 744,000, a 2.9% increase. Group passenger traffic in RPM terms rose 8.3%, with Alaska up 8.7%, and Virgin up 5.6%. ASM capacity increased by 6.9% group-wide, 7.5% at Alaska, and 4.2% at Virgin. Group load factor was up one percentage point at 87.3%. For the six months to end June, group passenger traffic rose 6.4 percent on an ASM capacity increase of 5.4%. Load factor edged up 0.8 of a percentage point to 84.2%.<br/>
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Alaska Air reports June, H1 traffic growth
Alaska Air Group reported its June and H1 2017 traffic results on Monday, including its Alaska Airlines and Virgin America units. Group airlines flew 3.9m revenue passengers in June, a 5.2% lift from June 2016. Of the total, Alaska Air added 6.9% more passengers to 2.3m, while Virgin America increased its total to 744,000, a 2.9% increase. Group passenger traffic in RPM terms rose 8.3%, with Alaska up 8.7%, and Virgin up 5.6%. ASM capacity increased by 6.9% group-wide, 7.5% at Alaska, and 4.2% at Virgin. Group load factor was up one percentage point at 87.3%. For the six months to end June, group passenger traffic rose 6.4 percent on an ASM capacity increase of 5.4%. Load factor edged up 0.8 of a percentage point to 84.2%.<br/>
