Southwest Airlines reported its May and year-to-date 2018 preliminary traffic statistics this week and showed that the airline flew 11.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in May 2018, an increase of 4.2 percent from the 11.2 billion RPMs flown in May 2017. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 5.2 percent to 13.8 billion in May 2018, compared with May 2017 ASMs of 13.2 billion. The May 2018 load factor was 84.6 percent, compared with 85.4 percent in May 2017.
Southwest Airlines Co.
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Preliminary Comparative Traffic Statistics
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MAY
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers carried
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11,878,257
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11,269,941
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5.4%
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Enplaned passengers
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14,432,274
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13,706,047
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5.3%
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Revenue passenger miles (000s)
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11,705,631
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11,232,347
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4.2%
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Available seat miles (000s)
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13,840,883
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13,157,810
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5.2%
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Load factor
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84.6%
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85.4%
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(0.8) pts.
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Average length of haul
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985
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997
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(1.2)%
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Trips flown
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119,025
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115,703
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2.9%
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YEAR-TO-DATE
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Revenue passengers carried
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54,609,847
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51,902,833
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5.2%
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Enplaned passengers
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65,756,951
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62,745,062
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4.8%
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Revenue passenger miles (000s)
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53,347,233
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51,803,372
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3.0%
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Available seat miles (000s)
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64,778,026
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63,227,506
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2.5%
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Load factor
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82.4%
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81.9%
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0.5 pts.
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Average length of haul
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977
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998
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(2.1)%
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Trips flown
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561,606
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552,018
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1.7%
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