Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) reported that its traffic in April 2013 increased 1.5% from April 2012, on a capacity increase of 4.1%.
The company flew 8.7 billion revenue passenger miles or RPMs in April 2013, a 1.5 percent increase from the 8.6 billion RPMs flown in April 2012.
Available seat miles or ASMs increased 4.1 percent to 11.2 billion from the April 2012 level of 10.8 billion.
The April 2013 load factor was 77.8 percent, compared to 79.8 percent in April 2012.
For April 2013, passenger revenue per ASM or PRASM is estimated to have decreased in the four to five percent range compared to April 2012.
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