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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
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Year-to-Date
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2019
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2018
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Change
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2019
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2018
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Change
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Revenue passengers (000)
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3,076
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3,162
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(2.7)%
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13,834
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14,398
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(3.9)%
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RPMs (000,000)
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4,402
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4,403
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—%
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19,738
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19,966
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(1.1)%
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ASMs (000,000)
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5,115
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5,132
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(0.3)%
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23,880
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24,188
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(1.3)%
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Passenger load factor
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86.1%
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85.8%
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0.3 pts
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82.7%
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82.5%
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0.2 pts
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On-time arrivals as reported to U.S. DOT
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82.7%
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81.8%
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0.9 pts
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79.5%
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83.6%
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(4.1) pts
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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
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Year-to-Date
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2019
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2018
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Change
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2019
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2018
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Change
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Revenue passengers (000)
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952
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880
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8.2%
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4,403
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3,972
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10.9%
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RPMs (000,000)
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482
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432
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11.6%
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2,213
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1,871
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18.3%
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ASMs (000,000)
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587
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528
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11.2%
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2,783
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2,409
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15.5%
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Passenger load factor
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82.1%
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81.8%
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0.3 pts
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79.5%
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77.7%
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1.8 pts
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On-time arrivals as reported to U.S. DOT
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88.2%
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87.8%
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0.4 pts
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81.6%
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86.4%
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(4.8) pts
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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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