Alaska Air Group February Traffic, Capacity Rise - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) reported February operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis.

On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 4.3 percent increase in traffic on a 4.6 percent increase in capacity compared to February 2013. This resulted in a decrease in load factor of 0.2 points, to 84.6 percent. These statistics include flights operated by Alaska and those under capacity purchase agreements, including Horizon, SkyWest and PenAir.

Air Group's February month traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles or RPMs, was 2.16 billion, up 4.3%, compared with last year's 2.07 billion. Capacity, measured in available seat miles or ASMs, grew 4.6% year-on-year to 2.55 billion, from 2.44 billion a year ago.

Alaska airlines reported a 4.2 percent increase in traffic on a 4.2 percent increase in capacity compared to February 2013. This resulted in a flat load factor of 85.1 percent. Alaska also reported 85.4 percent of its flights arrived on-time in February, compared to the 90.6 percent reported in February 2013.

Horizon reported a 0.6 percent increase in traffic on a 2.5 percent increase in capacity compared to February 2013. This resulted in a decrease in load factor of 1.2 points, to 78.8 percent. Horizon also reported 82.2 percent of its flights arrived on-time in February, compared to the 92.4 percent reported in February 2013.