Southwest Airlines (LUV) Reports Mixed July 2009 Traffic Results

August 6, 2009 6:56 AM EDT
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced that the Company flew 7.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in July 2009, a 5.2% increase from the 6.9 billion RPMs flown in July 2008. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 3.6% to 8.7 billion from the July 2008 level of 9.0 billion.

The load factor for the month was 83.2%, compared to 76.3% for the same period last year.

For July 2009, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have decreased in the 5-6% range as compared to July 2008.

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