AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (AAI), Tuesday reported a rise in October traffic compared to the same month last year. Monthly traffic was up 5.2% on a 7.0% capacity rise. Load factor for the month, however, declined 1.3 points to 79.2%.
For the month, traffic increased 5.2% to 1.50 billion revenue passenger miles or RPMs from 1.43 billion RPMs in the previous year. Monthly capacity rose 7.0% to 1.90 billion available seat miles or ASMs from 1.78 billion ASMs last year. Load factor declined 1.3 points to 79.2% from 80.5% a year ago. Total passengers enplaned increased 1.2% to 2.00 million from 1.97 million in the previous year.
Year-to-date, traffic declined 3.6% to 15.58 billion RPMs on a 4.1% capacity decline to 19.40 billion ASMs from the comparable period last year. Load factor increased 0.4 points to 80.3%. Total passengers enplaned declined 3.6% to 20.08 million from the previous year.
AAI closed Tuesday's regular trading at $4.25, down 0.03 or 0.70%, on a volume of 5.83 million shares on the NYSE. In after hours, the stock further went down 0.02 or 0.48%, trading at $4.2297.
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