For the eight months ended August 31, 2008, Southwest flew 50.9 billion RPMs, compared to the 49.2 billion RPMs recorded for the same period of 2007, an increase of 3.6 percent. Available seat miles increased 5.1 percent to 69.4 billion from the 2007 level of 66.1 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 73.3 percent, compared to 74.4 percent for the same period last year.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
AUGUST
2008 2007 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 7,751,171 8,273,072 (6.3)%
Enplaned passengers 8,970,247 9,605,342 (6.6)%
Revenue passenger miles (000) 6,630,104 6,995,510 (5.2)%
Available seat miles (000) 8,882,141 8,746,716 1.5 %
Load factor 74.6% 80.0% (5.4) pts.
Average length of haul 855 846 1.1 %
Trips flown 101,433 101,407 0.0 %
YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 61,315,942 59,970,374 2.2 %
Enplaned passengers 70,592,742 69,055,656 2.2 %
Revenue passenger miles (000) 50,919,072 49,172,552 3.6 %
Available seat miles (000) 69,439,029 66,063,302 5.1 %
Load factor 73.3% 74.4% (1.1) pts.
Average length of haul 830 820 1.2 %
Trips flown 802,812 769,230 4.4 %
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