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Article: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REVENUE PASSENGER MILES JUMP 14%
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- January 15, 1987
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DALLAS - An increase of 14 percent to 7.4 billion revenue
passenger miles in 1986 was reported Tuesday by Southwest Airlines
Co. of Dallas, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, TranStar
Airlines.
The 1986 revenue passenger miles were up from 6.5 billion in
1985. The load factor for 1986 was 58.8 percent, down from 59.6
percent a year ago.
For the fourth quarter of 1986, Southwest flew 2,021.8 million
revenue passenger miles, up 26.4 percent from 1,599.4 million a year
ago. The quarter load factor was 61.3 percent, up from 58.4 percent
last year.
For december, Southwest flew 678.1 million revenue passenger
miles, up 28.8 from 526.4 million in December 1985. The load factor
for ...