Southwest Load Factor Declines Four Points In May

Southwest's May traffic rose 9% from a year ago, but its capacity jumped 16%, leaving the airline with a load factor decline of 4.1 percentage points. The number of passengers carried increased 6.4%, and the average length of haul rose 2.4% to 516 miles. Through the first five months of this year...

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