Jun 08 2008
Southwest, Airtran See Traffic Increase In May
After weeks of bad news in the airline industry, some good news is finally hitting the press.
Southwest Airlines, America’s largest low-cost carrier, announced their May results recently. They carried 7% more passengers in May 2008 than May 2007 with only a 5% increase in capacity. This increase came with a 0.9% year-over-year increase in load factor.
Airtran Airways, another large low-cost carrier in the US, also announced positive results for May. Airtran’s traffic surged 18% year-over-year with a 14% capacity increase. Load factor increased by 2.9% .
In these troubling times for airlines, these positive results hopefully signify that well-managed airlines can overcome the frightening cost of fuel.
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Well after seeing the flight quotes that orbitz threw back at me I decided to go Southwest. Got my tickets for $100!