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Southwest Airlines Reports April Traffic

Southwest Airlines Reports April Traffic

May 08, 2018

DALLAS, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") today reported its April and year-to-date 2018 preliminary traffic statistics.

The Company flew 11.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in April 2018, a slight decrease from the 11.2 billion RPMs flown in April 2017. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 1.5 percent to 13.6 billion in April 2018, compared with April 2017 ASMs of 13.4 billion. The April 2018 load factor was 82.5 percent, compared with 84.0 percent in April 2017.

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Southwest Airlines Co.

Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics







APRIL


2018


2017


Change

Revenue passengers carried

11,399,453


11,094,102


2.8%

Enplaned passengers

13,781,577


13,460,665


2.4%

Revenue passenger miles (000s)

11,202,109


11,230,367


(0.3)%

Available seat miles (000s)

13,570,674


13,369,826


1.5%

Load factor

82.5%


84.0%


(1.5) pts.

Average length of haul

983


1,012


(2.9)%

Trips flown

116,365


114,525


1.6%








YEAR-TO-DATE


2018


2017


Change

Revenue passengers carried

42,731,590


40,632,892


5.2%

Enplaned passengers

51,324,677


49,039,015


4.7%

Revenue passenger miles (000s)

41,641,601


40,571,025


2.6%

Available seat miles (000s)

50,937,142


50,069,696


1.7%

Load factor

81.8%


81.0%


0.8 pts.

Average length of haul

974


998


(2.4)%

Trips flown

442,581


436,315


1.4%

SW-T

 

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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.

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