November Airline Traffic Numbers
November was a miserable month for many airlines as demand really started to fall off, often faster than capacity. Here are the year over year changes in traffic for US airlines’ commercial service (including regional operations unless noted). Click for definitions.
| Airline | ASMs | RPMs | Load Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| AirTran | (7.1%) | (6.6%) | +0.4 pts |
| Alaska* | (6.8%) | (6.9%) | N/C |
| Allegiant | (10.6%) | 1.9% | +10.9 pts |
| American* | (9.3%) | (14.5%) | -4.6 pts |
| Continental | (7.3%) | (10.5%) | -2.8 pts |
| Delta | (5.3%) | (4.9%) | +0.3 pts |
| Frontier* | (15.2%) | (14.9%) | +0.4 pts |
| JetBlue | (6.3%) | (7.8%) | -1.3 pts |
| Northwest | (4.7%) | (7.4%) | -2.3 pts |
| Southwest | 0.4% | (8.3%) | -6.1 pts |
| United* | (3.7%) | (6.0%) | -2.0 pts |
| US Airways | (5.9%) | (6.9%) | -0.8 pts |
*Does not include regional operations
[Edited 12/8 @ 1124a to include link to term definitions]
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