America West reports December traffic figures

Airline Industry Information, Jan 7, 2005

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America West Airlines has reported its traffic statistics for the month of December, fourth quarter and year-end 2004.

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for December 2004 were a record 1.9bn, an increase of 8.3% from December 2003. Capacity for December 2004 was a record 2.6bn available seat miles (ASMs), up 7.3% from the same period a year ago. The passenger load factor for December was a record 75.4% compared to 74.7% in December 2003.

The load factor for the fourth quarter 2004 was a record 77.4%, up 1.9 percentage points from the fourth quarter 2003. RPMs for the quarter increased 11.3% to 5.9bn, and ASMs for the quarter increased to 7.6bn from 7.0bn in the same period of 2003.

Year-to-date load factor was a record 77.4%, up 1.0 percentage point from 2003. Year-to-date RPMs were 23.3bn, a 9.6% increase from 2003, and ASMs increased 8.1% to 30.2bn.

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