WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) reported January preliminary traffic of 8.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), an increase of 11.1 percent from the 8.0 billion RPMs flown in January 2015.
Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 7.8 percent to 11.5 billion from 10.7 billion ASMs, prior year. Load factor was a record for the month of January at 77.5 percent, compared with 75.2 percent in January 2015.
The company continues to expect its first-quarter operating revenue per ASM (RASM) to be in line with first quarter 2015.
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