May 2009 Airline Traffic Numbers

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May traffic numbers are in, and most airlines saw load factor declines for the month. US Airways was the only real exception. (I don’t even count Allegiant anymore since they seem to be competing in a different universe with their stellar results.) This was certainly a tough month for most. Click for definitions.

Airline	ASMs	RPMs	Load Factor
AirTran	(9.6%)	(11.1%)	-1.3 pts
Alaska*	(6.3%)	(7.5%)	-1.0 pts
Allegiant	22.9%	23.9%	+0.7 pts
American*	(8.8%)	(11.7%)	-2.6 pts
Continental	(8.8%)	(9.0%)	-0.3 pts
Delta	(7.9%)	(9.7%)	-1.6 pts
Frontier*	(14.9%)	(15.7%)	-0.9 pts
JetBlue	(1.1%)	(3.3%)	-1.8 pts
Southwest	(3.2%)	(3.6%)	-0.3 pts
United	(10.2%)	(12.3%)	-1.9 pts
US Airways#	(5.8%)	(5.2%)	+0.4 pts

*Does not include regional operations

#Only includes wholly-owned regional subsidiaries

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