DALLAS,
Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines Co.
(NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 5.7 billion revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) in
October 2006, compared to 5.1 billion RPMs flown in
October 2005. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 11.2 percent to
8.1 billion from the
October 2005 level of 7.3 billion. The load factor for
the month was 70.1 percent, compared to 70.4 percent for
October 2005.
For the ten months ended October 31, 2006, Southwest flew 56.6 billion
RPMs, compared to 50.2 billion RPMs for the same period in 2005. Available
seat miles increased 8.7 percent to 76.9 billion from the 2005 level of
70.7 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 73.6 percent, compared to
71.0 percent for the same period last year.
This release, as well as past news releases on Southwest, are available
online at http://www.southwest.com .
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
OCTOBER
2006 2005 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 7,170,912 6,691,667 7.2 %
Enplaned passengers 8,140,077 7,563,804 7.6 %
Revenue passenger miles (000) 5,699,037 5,146,967 10.7 %
Available seat miles (000) 8,134,539 7,316,026 11.2 %
Load factor 70.1% 70.4% (0.3) pts.
Average length of haul 795 769 3.4 %
Trips flown 95,525 87,121 9.6 %
YEAR-TO-DATE
2006 2005 CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried 69,928,638 64,900,201 7.7 %
Enplaned passengers 80,343,065 73,717,959 9.0 %
Revenue passenger miles (000) 56,590,510 50,230,707 12.7 %
Available seat miles (000) 76,882,596 70,740,132 8.7 %
Load factor 73.6% 71.0% 2.6 pts.
Average length of haul 809 774 4.5 %
Trips flown 907,953 856,383 6.0 %
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