Alaska Air Group Reports December Traffic
January 6, 2009 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Aviation
Alaska Air Group, Inc. today reported December operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon).
Alaska Airlines
Alaska reported a nearly five-point increase in load factor to 80.7 percent in December 2008, compared to 75.8 percent in December 2007, on a 10.9 percent decline in available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the prior-year period. Alaska also reported that 58.4 percent of its flights arrived on time in December 2008, a 12.7-point decrease compared to the 71.1 percent reported in December 2007. The decline was primarily caused by severe winter storms that adversely affected operations in Seattle and Portland in the last two weeks of December.
