Southwest Traffic Increases, Load Factor Declines

Southwest's August traffic rose 6.4% on 8.1% more capacity, which reduced the load factor 1.1 percentage points to 70.1%. For the first eight months of 1997, traffic was up 7% and capacity 8.5%, trimming the load factor 0.9 points to 64.5%. Aug 97 Aug 96 8 Mths 97 8 Mths 96 RPMs 2,705,251,639 2,542...

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