For the seven months ended July 31, 2008, Southwest flew 44.3 billion RPMs, compared to the 42.2 billion RPMs recorded for the same period in 2007, an increase of 5.0 percent. Available seat miles increased 5.7 percent to 60.6 billion from the 2007 level of 57.3 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 73.1 percent, compared to 73.6 percent for the same period last year.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
JULY
2008 2007 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 8,066,608 8,294,350 (2.7)%
Enplaned passengers 9,362,923 9,657,817 (3.1)%
Revenue passenger miles (000) 6,885,268 7,049,203 (2.3)%
Available seat miles (000) 9,028,366 8,655,534 4.3%
Load factor 76.3% 81.4% (5.1) pts.
Average length of haul 854 850 0.5%
Trips flown 103,157 100,276 2.9%
YEAR-TO-DATE
2008 2007 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 53,564,771 51,697,302 3.6%
Enplaned passengers 61,622,495 59,450,314 3.7%
Revenue passenger miles (000) 44,288,968 42,177,042 5.0%
Available seat miles (000) 60,556,888 57,316,586 5.7%
Load factor 73.1% 73.6% (0.5) pts.
Average length of haul 827 816 1.3%
Trips flown 701,379 667,823 5.0%
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