US Airways Group January Traffic Down, Load Factor Up
February 6, 2008
US Airways Group has reported that its revenue passenger miles for January 2008 were 4.63 billion, down 0.9%, compared to 4.68 billion reported in January 2007. Passenger load factor for January was 75.2%, up 1.4 points versus January 2007.
US Airways’ capacity was 6.2 billion available seat miles, down 2.7%, compared to 6.3 billion in January 2007. For January 2008, US Airways’ domestic on-time performance was 79.5% with a completion factor of 98.3%.
Scott Kirby, president of US Airways, said: “Our January consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile increased between three and five percent on a year-over-year basis, which was consistent with our expectations and our fourth quarter 2007.”