Southwest Airlines has revealed its traffic statistics for June 2009 and the first half of the year.
In June the company flew 6.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 2.1% decrease from the 6.9 billion RPMs flown in June 2008. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased by 3.8% to 8.5 billion from the June 2008 level of 8.8 billion.
The load factor for the month was 79.5%, compared to 78.2% for the same period last year. For June 2009, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have decreased in the 9%-10% range compared with June 2008.
For the first half of 2009, Southwest flew 36.6 billion RPMs, compared with the 37.4 billion RPMs recorded for the same period in 2008, a decrease of 2.2%. Available seat miles decreased by 3.5% to 49.7 billion from the 1H08 figure of 51.5 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 73.6%, up from 1H08's 72.6%.
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