Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) Monday announced a 9.8 percent increase in traffic for April to 2.735 billion revenue passenger miles, while capacity expressed in available seat miles climbed 13.2 percent to 3.273 billion. Passenger load factor was down 2.5 points at 83.6 percent.
Alaska Airlines reported a 9.9 percent increase in traffic on a 13.7 percent increase in capacity compared to last year. Load factor decreased 2.9 points to 83.9 percent.
Horizon Air reported a 8.8 percent increase in traffic on a 8.8 percent increase in capacity compared to April 2014. Load factor increased 0.1 points to 78.4 percent.
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