Southwest Airlines Reports March Traffic

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Southwest Airlines Co.

07 Apr, 2011, 04:31 ET

DALLAS, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 7.3 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in March 2011, a 9.8 percent increase from the 6.7 billion RPMs flown in March 2010.  Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 8.9 percent to 9.0 billion from the March 2010 level of 8.2 billion.  The load factor for the month was 81.6 percent, compared to 81.0 percent for the same period last year.  For March 2011, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the eight to nine percent range compared to March 2010.  

For the first quarter of 2011, Southwest flew 19.2 billion RPMs, compared to 17.2 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2010, an increase of 11.9 percent.  Available seat miles increased 8.3 percent to 24.5 billion from the 2010 level of 22.6 billion.  The year-to-date load factor was 78.3 percent, compared to 75.9 percent for the same period last year.  

This release, as well as past news releases on Southwest, is available online at southwest.com.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS











MARCH









2011


2010


CHANGE














Revenue passengers carried


7,933,796

7,702,573

3.0 %







Enplaned passengers

9,689,544

9,155,156

5.8 %







Revenue passenger miles (000)

7,333,003

6,676,372

9.8 %







Available seat miles (000)

8,982,345

8,245,430

8.9 %







Load factor

81.6%

81.0%

                  0.6 pts.







Average length of haul

924

867

6.6 %







Trips flown

99,328

94,768

4.8 %























YEAR-TO-DATE









2011


2010


CHANGE















Revenue passengers carried


21,108,130

19,976,835

5.7 %







Enplaned passengers

25,599,118

23,694,464

8.0 %







Revenue passenger miles (000)

19,195,885

17,161,713

11.9 %







Available seat miles (000)

24,505,674

22,619,460

8.3 %







Load factor

78.3%

75.9%

             2.4 pts.







Average length of haul

909

859

5.8 %







Trips flown

273,823

261,892

4.6 %

SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.

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