US Army partners with Global Military Products to surge munitions production
Global Military Products was selected by the US Army to operate the Quad Cities Cartridge Case Facility and ramp up the production of various calibre shell cases.
January traffic figures announced by Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines has announced its traffic figures for January 2010 featuring a load factor increase of 9.3 pp.
The airline flew 5,499,087,000 revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2010, a 7.1% increase from the 5,135,380,000 RPMs flown in January 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased by 6.7% to 7,622,575,000 from the January 2009 level of 8,172,539,000.
The load factor for the month was 72.1%, compared with 62.8% for the same period last year. For January 2010, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the 14%-15% range compared to January 2009.
Revenue passengers carried numbered 6,500,716, an 8,6% increase on January1009’s figure of 5,988,116.
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