2/3/2012 7:33 AM ET
(RTTNews) - US Airways Group, Inc. (LCC: News ) Friday reported increases in traffic, capacity and load factor for the month of January, helped by improve dperformance at the mainline segment.
The company, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates over 3,100 flights per day, serving more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Consolidated revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, grew 3.7 percent to 4.8 billion as capacity, measured in terms of available seat miles, or ASMs, increased 3 percent to 6.13 billion. Load factor gained 0.5 percentage points to 78.2 percent. Total consolidated enplanements grew 6.1 percent.
Mainline RPMs grew 3.8 percent to 4.63 billion with a 6.1 percent growth in domestic traffic. Mainline capacity improved 3.1 percent to 5.88 billion. Domestic capacity improved 3.8 percent and the increase was 6.1 percent in Atlantic.
Mainline passenger load factor grew 0.5 percentage points to 78.8 percent from 78.3 percent. Domestic load factor grew 1.8 points. Mainline enplanements increased 6.5 percent to 4.29 million.
Mainline's preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 85 percent with a completion factor of 99.2 percent.
For US Airways Express, which includes Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines, traffic grew 0.6 percent and capacity advanced 0.9 percent while load factor slipped 0.2 percentage points.
LCC closed on Thursday at $9.12, compared to the previous close of $8.90,on 9.26 million shares.
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by RTT Staff Writer
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