Alaska Air Group June Traffic And Capacity Rise

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) said that, on a combined basis, it reported a 10.9 percent increase in traffic on an 11.7 percent increase in capacity compared to June 2015. Load factor decreased 0.7 points to 86.0 percent. These statistics include flights operated by Alaska, Horizon, and those under third-party capacity purchase agreements.

The airline said its June traffic increased 10.9% to 3.24 billion revenue passenger miles or RPMs from 2.92 billion RPMs in the same period last year.

The airline flew 3.77 billion available seat miles or ASMs in June, representing an increase of 11.7% as compared to the prior year period when it flew 3.37 billion ASMs.