Alaska Air Group Reports June Traffic.Business Editors/Travel Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 2003 Alaska Alaska (əlă`skə), largest in area of the United States but third smallest (exceeding only Vermont and Wyoming) in population, occupying the northwest extremity of the North American continent, separated from the coterminous United States Air Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALK ALK Alkohol (German: alcohol) ALK Alkaline ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ALK Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte ALK Activin Receptor-Like Kinase ALK Alkylation ALK Srilankan Airlines (ICAO code) ) today reported June June: see month. passenger traffic for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. and Horizon Air. ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska Airlines' June traffic increased 11.7 percent to 1.356 billion revenue passenger miles Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in miles. (RPMs) from 1.215 billion flown a year earlier. Capacity during June was 1.858 billion available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. (ASMs), 9.1 percent higher than the 1.703 billion in June 2002. The passenger load factor (the percentage of available seats occupied by fare paying passengers) for the month was 73.0 percent, compared to 71.3 percent in June 2002. The airline carried 1,395,500 passengers compared to 1,298,000 in June 2002. RPMs for the six-month period totaled 6.821 billion, a 7.4 percent increase from the 6.349 billion recorded a year earlier. Capacity for the six months ended June 2003 increased 5.6 percent to 9.918 billion ASMs, compared to 9.396 billion in 2002. The passenger load factor for the first six months of 2003 was 68.8 percent, compared to 67.6 percent in 2002. The airline carried 7,055,000 passengers compared to 6,809,200 in 2002. HORIZON AIR Horizon Air's June traffic increased 5.8 percent to 145.9 million RPMs from 137.9 million flown a year earlier. Capacity for June was 221.0 million ASMs, 7.3 percent higher than last year's 206.0 million. The passenger load factor for the month was 66.0 percent, compared to 67.0 percent in June 2002. The airline carried 441,000 passengers compared to 432,700 in June 2002. RPMs for the six months ended June 2003 totaled 757.7 million, a 7.7 percent increase from the 703.4 million recorded a year earlier. Capacity for the six-month period increased 9.7 percent to 1.248 billion ASMs, compared to 1.138 billion in 2002. The passenger load factor for the first six months of 2003 was 60.7 percent, compared to 61.8 percent in 2002. The airline carried 2,294,800 passengers, compared to 2,287,100 in 2002. |
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