Southwest Airlines Co has reported a slight drop in load factors for the month of October as it published its latest results.
The October 2018 load factor was 84.5% compared with 85.8% in October 2017, the Company flew 11.3 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) during last month, which is up 6% from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 7.7 % to 13.4 billion in October 2018.
The airline has also recently introduced new routes and schedules from a number of cities, including in California, where, by the end of the month the airline will offer up to 98 departures a day to more than two dozen destinations across the United States and Mexico.
Southwest Airlines Co.
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Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics
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OCTOBER
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers carried
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11,572,256
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11,217,905
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3.2%
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Enplaned passengers
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14,074,599
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13,501,569
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4.2%
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Revenue passenger miles (000s)
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11,320,618
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10,679,120
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6.0%
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Available seat miles (000s)
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13,403,878
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12,441,062
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7.7%
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Load factor
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84.5%
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85.8%
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(1.3) pts.
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Average length of haul
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978
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952
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2.7%
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Trips flown
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116,817
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112,049
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4.3%
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YEAR-TO-DATE
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers carried
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112,030,295
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107,779,094
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3.9%
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Enplaned passengers
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135,972,992
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130,749,903
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4.0%
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Revenue passenger miles (000s)
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110,926,956
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107,530,702
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3.2%
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Available seat miles (000s)
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132,832,134
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128,365,320
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3.5%
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Load factor
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83.5%
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83.8%
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(0.3) pts.
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Average length of haul
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990
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998
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(0.8)%
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Trips flown
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1,144,516
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1,122,752
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1.9%
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.
