America West Posts Record Traffic, Lower Load Factor In 1997

America West traffic was up 5.7% in 1997 on 9% more capacity, which lowered the load factor 2.2 percentage points to 68.7%. December traffic was down sharply, however. Last month, traffic fell 7.7% on 0.9% more capacity, which caused the load factor to plummet 5.9 points to 63.9%. The airline...

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