Alaska Air Group June Traffic, Capacity Rise; Load Factor Edges Down

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) reported a 6.9 percent increase in traffic for June 2015 to 2.92 billion revenue passenger miles, while capacity expressed in available seat miles climbed 7.2 percent to 3.37 billion.

Passenger load factor for the month edged down 0.2 points to 86.7 percent. These statistics include flights operated by Alaska and those under capacity purchase agreements, including Horizon, SkyWest and PenAir.

Alaska Airlines reported a 6.9 percent increase in traffic on a 7.4 percent increase in capacity compared to June 2014. Load factor decreased 0.4 points to 87.0 percent. Alaska also reported 87.5 percent of its flights arrived on time in June, compared to 86.0 percent reported in June 2014.

Horizon Air reported a 6.7 percent increase in June traffic on a 5.5 percent increase in capacity compared to June 2014. This resulted in a 0.9 point increase in load factor to 82.0 percent. Horizon also reported 86.6 percent of its flights arrived on time in June, compared to the 92.9 percent reported in June 2014.