Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the 'Company') today reported its December, fourth quarter, and total year preliminary traffic statistics.
The Company flew 10.4 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in December 2016, an increase of 4.2 percent from the 10.0 billion RPMs flown in December 2015. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 4.8 percent to 12.6 billion in December 2016, compared with December 2015 ASMs of 12.1 billion. The December 2016 load factor was 82.6 percent, compared with 83.0 percent in December 2015. Based on these results and an improvement in close-in yields, the Company now estimates its fourth quarter 2016 operating revenue per ASM (RASM) will decline in the 3.0 to 4.0 percent range, as compared with fourth quarter 2015.
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Southwest Airlines Co.
Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics
DECEMBER
2016
2015
Change
Revenue passengers carried
10,561,159
10,105,907
4.5%
Enplaned passengers
12,845,248
12,371,034
3.8%
Revenue passenger miles (000s)
10,445,407
10,020,969
4.2%
Available seat miles (000s)
12,645,787
12,068,272
4.8%
Load factor
82.6%
83.0%
(0.4) pts.
Average length of haul
989
992
(0.3)%
Trips flown
111,765
108,208
3.3%
FOURTH QUARTER
2016
2015
Change
Revenue passengers carried
32,006,767
30,368,454
5.4%
Enplaned passengers
38,779,938
37,039,737
4.7%
Revenue passenger miles (000s)
31,366,176
29,727,972
5.5%
Available seat miles (000s)
37,147,109
35,367,574
5.0%
Load factor
84.4%
84.1%
0.3 pts.
Average length of haul
980
979
0.1%
Trips flown
329,740
319,178
3.3%
TOTAL YEAR
2016
2015
Change
Revenue passengers carried
124,719,765
118,171,211
5.5%
Enplaned passengers
151,740,357
144,574,882
5.0%
Revenue passenger miles (000s)
124,797,986
117,499,879
6.2%
Available seat miles (000s)
148,522,051
140,501,409
5.7%
Load factor
84.0%
83.6%
0.4 pts.
Average length of haul
1,001
994
0.7%
Trips flown
1,311,149
1,267,358
3.5%
SW-T
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Southwest Airlines Co. is one of the American largest airline companies. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- transport of passengers (89.9%);
- freight transport (0.7%);
- other (9.4%).
At the end of 2022, the group operated a fleet of 770 aircrafts.