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Article: Company Watch - Southwest Airlines.
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- AirGuide Business
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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New York (AirGuideBusiness - Company Watch) Oct 11, 2009
Southwest Airlines said it flew 5.8 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in September 2009, an 8.8 percent increase from the 5.3 billion RPMs flown in September 2008. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 7.8 percent to 7.7 billion from the September 2008 level of 8.4 billion. The load factor for the month was 74.7 percent, compared to 63.4 percent for the same period last year. For September 2009, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the three percent range as compared to September 2008. For the third quarter 2009, Southwest flew 19.7 billion RPMs, compared to the 18.8 billion RPMs ...