Southwest Airlines Dec. Traffic Up 2.8% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) reported that the company flew 9.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in December 2014, a 2.8 percent increase from the 9.0 billion RPMs flown in December 2013. Capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), increased 2.9 percent to 11.2 billion. Load factor was 82.7 percent compared with 82.8 percent in December 2013.

For the fourth quarter of 2014, the company flew 26.8 billion RPMs, compared with 25.7 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2013, an increase of 4.3 percent. Capacity increased 2.4 percent to 32.6 billion ASMs. Load factor was 82.0 percent, compared with 80.4 percent for the same period in 2013.

For the full year of 2014, the company flew 108.0 billion RPMs, compared with 104.3 billion RPMs flown in full year 2013, an increase of 3.5 percent. Capcity increased 0.5 percent to 131.0 billion ASMs. Load factor was 82.5 percent, compared with 80.1 percent for full year 2013.