Passengers are filling U.S. commercial airplanes at record-breaking levels of 80% or more

Passengers are filling U.S. commercial airplanes at record-breaking levels of 80% or more, far in excess of the 71% system load factor achieved for 1999. Two of five major carriers reporting June traffic last week, Northwest and Continental, broke all-time load factor records. Northwest's airplanes...

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