Thu, Apr 16, 2009
Drop In Revenue Miles Outpaced Capacity Cuts Slightly
US airlines carried 51.5 million scheduled domestic and
international passengers in January 2009, 10.9 percent less than
they did in January 2008, the US Department of Transportation's
Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Thursday. Based on to
preliminary data, BTS reported the decline was the 11th consecutive
monthly decrease in system passengers from the same month of the
previous year.
Reporting US airlines carried 11.5 percent fewer domestic
passengers and 7.2 percent fewer international passengers in
January 2009 than in January 2008. These passengers traveled on
planes with average load factors of 73.0 percent.
As has become the norm, Southwest Airlines carried more total
system and domestic passengers in January 2009 than any other
airline; and American Airlines carried more international
passengers.
More total system and domestic passengers boarded planes in
January 2009 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at
any other US airport, while more international passengers boarded
US carriers at Miami International than at any other US airport --
again in line with recent reports.
US carriers operated 769,500 domestic and international flights
in January 2009, 11.2 percent fewer than in January 2008. Domestic
flights were down 11.6 percent from January of the previous year
while international flights fell 7.5 percent.
Systemwide, revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a measure of the
number of passengers and the distance flown, were down 9.9 percent
in January 2009. Available seat-miles (ASMs), a measure of airline
capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were
down 8.8 percent in January 2009... meaning drops in RPMs slightly
outpaced capacity cuts implemented by those airlines.
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