Alaska Air Group pax up 4%, 87% load factor in Jul-2017

Alaska Air Group reported (09-Aug-2017) the following traffic highlights for Jul-2017:

• Passengers: 4.1 million, +4.2% year-on-year;
  • Alaska Airlines: 2.4 million, +6.6%;
  • Regional Flying: 867,000, +1.0%;
  • Virgin America: 763,000, +0.7%;
• Passenger load factor: 87.0%, +0.2ppt;
  • Alaska Airlines: 87.8%, +0.6ppt;
  • Virgin America: 86.4%, +0.7ppt;
  • Regional Flying: 82.0%, -0.1ppt. [more - original PR]