Passengers are filling U.S. commercial airplanes at record-breaking levels

Passengers are filling U.S. commercial airplanes at record-breaking levels, far in excess of the 71% system load factor achieved in 1999. In May, Northwest Airlines' aircraft were 79.4% full, up 4.5 percentage points from May 1999, followed by Continental's at 75.9%. United's load factor jumped...

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