Alaska Air Group Combined Dec. Tariff Rises 6.7% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) reported December operational results on a combined basis. On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 6.7 percent increase in traffic on a 4.6 percent increase in capacity compared to December 2012.

This resulted in a 1.8-point increase in load factor to a record 87.5 percent. These statistics include flights operated by Alaska and those under capacity purchase arrangements, including Horizon, SkyWest and a small third-party carrier in the state of Alaska.

Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Miles or RPMs, for the month was 2.481 billion, up 6.7% from 2.324 billion RPMs prior year.

Capacity, measured in Available Seat Miles or ASMs, for the month grew 4.6% to 2.836 billion, from 2.721 billion ASMs in the same month last year.

Monthly Passenger load factor was 87.5%, up 1.8 points from 85.7% last year.