Alaska Air April Traffic, Capacity, Load Factor Rise - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) Tuesday reported that on a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 7.8 percent increase in traffic in the month of April, on a 4.6 percent increase in capacity. Load factor increased 2.5 points to 86.6 percent.

Consolidated traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles, rose to 4.35 billion from 4.0314 billion a year ago. Capacity, measured in available seat miles, grew to 5.02 billion from 4.80 billion last year.

Revenue passengers increased 7.4 percent in April to 3.67 million from 3.42 million last year.

Air Group's acquisition of Virgin America took place on December 14, 2016. Operational results include Virgin America results from pre-acquisition periods for comparison.