15 June, 2019

Alaska's May disapointing

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Alaska Air Group Inc.  reported its May operational results on a consolidated basis earlier this week, for both its mainline operations and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries Inc. and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines, a subsidiary of Ravn Air.

As a whole, the group saw traffic increase only marginally by less than one percent while the load factor remained pretty stagnant at around 85%.

The following table shows mainline operational results for May and year-to-date, compared to the prior-year periods:

May

Year-to-Date

2019

2018

Change

2019

2018

Change
Revenue passengers (000)
3,076

3,162

(2.7)%

13,834

14,398

(3.9)%
RPMs (000,000)
4,402

4,403

—%

19,738

19,966

(1.1)%
ASMs (000,000)
5,115

5,132

(0.3)%

23,880

24,188

(1.3)%
Passenger load factor
86.1%

85.8%

0.3 pts

82.7%

82.5%

0.2 pts
On-time arrivals as reported to U.S. DOT
82.7%

81.8%

0.9 pts

79.5%

83.6%

(4.1) pts
REGIONAL
Regional traffic increased 11.6% on an 11.2% increase in capacity compared to May 2018. Load factor increased 0.3 points to 82.1 percent. Alaska's regional partners also reported 88.2% of flights arrived on time in May 2019, compared to 87.8% in May 2018.
The following table shows regional operational results for May and year-to-date, compared to the prior-year periods:

May

Year-to-Date

2019

2018

Change

2019

2018

Change
Revenue passengers (000)
952

880

8.2%

4,403

3,972

10.9%
RPMs (000,000)
482

432

11.6%

2,213

1,871

18.3%
ASMs (000,000)
587

528

11.2%

2,783

2,409

15.5%
Passenger load factor
82.1%

81.8%

0.3 pts

79.5%

77.7%

1.8 pts
On-time arrivals as reported to U.S. DOT
88.2%

87.8%

0.4 pts

81.6%

86.4%

(4.8) pts
Alaska Airlines and its regional partners fly 46 million guests a year to more than 115 destinations with an average of 1,200 daily flights across the United States and to Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica.





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