Alaska Air August Combined Traffic, Capacity Rise; Load Factor Edges Down

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) on Monday reported August and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines Inc.

On January 11, 2018, Alaska and Virgin America consolidated their operations onto a Single Operating Certificate. Results for Alaska and Virgin America have been combined into a single mainline operation.

On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 3.8 percent increase in traffic for August 2018 on a 4.3 percent increase in capacity compared to August 2017. Passenger load factor decreased 0.5 points to 85.7 percent.

Mainline reported a 2.6 percent increase in traffic for the month of August on a 2.9 percent increase in capacity, compared to August 2017. Passenger load factor decreased 0.2 points to 86.2 percent.