SkyWest, Inc. Announces Traffic Results for the Month and Year to Date December 2013
January 09, 2014 at 02:17 pm
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SkyWest Inc. announced traffic results for the month and year to date December 2013. For the month, the company reported an 8.0% increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for December, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 2.9% compared to December 2012. The company also reported that passenger boardings for December increased 2.7% to 4,912,416 compared to 4,784,336 for the same period last year. Load factor increased to 84.1% compared to 80.1% in December 2012. The combined airlines generated 2.6 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 3.1 billion. The company also reported a decrease of 3.4% in departures to 113,110 for December compared to 117,067 for the same period last year.
For the year to date, the company reported passengers carried of 60,581,948 against 58,803,690 for the same period a year ago. Revenue passenger miles were 31,834,735,152 against 30,088,278,246 for the same period a year ago. Available seat miles were 39,207,910,330 against 37,278,554,475 for the same period a year ago. Passenger load factor was 81.2% against 80.7% for the same period a year ago.
SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (SkyWest Airlines) and SkyWest Leasing, Inc. (SkyWest Leasing), an aircraft leasing company. The Company operates through two segments: SkyWest Airlines and SWC, and SkyWest Leasing. SkyWest Airlines offers scheduled passenger service to destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Company's flights are operated as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle or Alaska Airlines flights under code-share agreements with United Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc. or Alaska Airlines, Inc., respectively. SkyWest Airlines has a fleet of approximately 500 aircraft. SkyWest Charter, LLC (SWC) offers on-demand charter service using CRJ200 aircraft in a 30-seat configuration. SkyWest Leasing finances new aircraft with debt under its capacity purchase agreements, consisting of its E175 aircraft. SkyWest Leasing is also engaged in leasing aircraft and engines to third parties.
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