February Airline Traffic Numbers

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There’s no question that February was a very ugly month for the airlines. They all saw serious cuts in capacity, with the exception of Allegiant. And only Southwest and Alaska actually showed an increase in load factor. If this is the beginning of a longer term trend, it is not a good one. Click for definitions.

Airline	ASMs	RPMs	Load Factor
AirTran	(9.1%)	(13.6%)	-3.9 pts
Alaska*	(9.4%)	(7.4%)	+1.6 pts
Allegiant	5.2%	9.8%	+3.8 pts
American*	(10.1%)	(13.5%)	-2.9 pts
Continental	(8.9%)	(13.2%)	-3.5 pts
Delta	(6.2%)	(9.2%)	-2.4 pts
Frontier*	(15.4%)	(19.9%)	-4.2 pts
JetBlue	(5.5%)	(8.3%)	-2.3 pts
Northwest	(10.2%)	(13.6%)	-3.0 pts
Southwest	(6.5%)	(6.0%)	+0.5 pts
United	(14.0%)	(15.2%)	-1.0 pts
US Airways	(9.0%)	(9.3%)	-0.2 pts

*Does not include regional operations

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Nicholas Barnard

03/07/09 | Report as spam

RE: February Airline Traffic Numbers

What are the asterisks about?
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brett snyder

03/08/09 | Report as spam

RE: February Airline Traffic Numbers

@Nicholas - Shoot, that got left out by accident this month. The asterisk means it doesn't include regional operations. (And admittedly, the US Airways one only includes some regional ops.)
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Divij Kaushish

03/09/09 | Report as spam

RE: February Airline Traffic Numbers

Hi could you also provide with traffic numbers of Indian Carriers for the month of February. And if possible also of South East Asian regions....
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Divij Kaushish

03/09/09 | Report as spam

RE: February Airline Traffic Numbers

Hi would request if you could also provide with the traffic numbers (February) of Indian Carriers and if possible, also of South East Asian carriers?....
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brett snyder

03/09/09 | Report as spam

RE: February Airline Traffic Numbers

@Divij - I would, but many of those carriers don't release their info or don't make it easy to find. Are there any specific carriers you'd like to see? I'll see if I can somehow dig it up.