US Airways February Passenger Traffic Up

US Airways Group has reported that its revenue passenger miles were 4.5 billion in February 2008, up 2.9%, compared to 4.3 billion reported for the same period in February 2007.

US Airways’s capacity was 5.8 billion available seat miles, up 2.2%, compared to 5.6 billion in February 2007. Passenger load factor for the month of February was 77.2%, up 0.5 points versus 76.7% in February 2007. For the month of February 2008, US Airways’s domestic on-time performance was 76.3% with a completion factor of 98%.

Scott Kirby, president of US Airways, said: “Our February consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile was up between two and four percent on a year-over-year basis. This marks the second month in a row that our on-time performance has led the industry.”