SkyWest Sees Decrease in Traffic, Capacity for May

SkyWest aircraft in Chicago

SkyWest Airlines announced operational results for May 2014.

The airline’s total system traffic for May was 2.733 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year decrease of 2% from 2.788 billion in May 2013.

Total capacity for the month also decreased by 4% year-over-year, down to 3.248 billion available seat miles, or ASMs, from 3.383 billion last year.

Meanwhile, the airline reported an increase in load factor of 1.7 percentage points, up to 84.1% from 82.4% during the same period last year.

SkyWest reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, and does not break down results by subsidiary. The final numbers represent combined data from the parent company’s two subsidiaries, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines.

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