US Airways Group posts “strong results†in January
US Airways Group, Inc. has indicated strong results as it shared the traffic statistics for the month of January 2006.
Scott Kirby, executive vice president, sales and marketing said that the year-over-year revenue performance continued to produce strong results, with mainline unit revenues estimated to be up in excess of 15 percent for both west and east networks.
“When combined with increasingly strong Express unit revenue performance, our estimated combined system (west, east and Express networks) revenue per available seat mile during January 2006 increased over 20 percent from January 2005,†said Kirby.
For America West operated flights, revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were a record 1.9 billion, up 2.5 percent from January 2005. Capacity was 2.5 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 0.5 percent from January 2005. The passenger load factor for January was a record 75.8 percent versus
74.3 percent in January 2005.
For US Airways mainline operated flights, RPMs for January 2006 were 2.6 billion, a decrease of 11.7 percent from January 2005. Capacity was 3.7 billion ASMs, down 12.3 percent from January 2005. The passenger load factor for the month of January was a record 68.7 percent versus 68.3 percent
in January 2005.
According to an official release, until US Airways operates under one certificate, data regarding America West and US Airways operated flights will continue to be reported separately. Additionally, US Airways Express will continue to report separate data. US Airways Group, Inc., consisting of America West, US Airways mainline and US Airways Express combined operational information will also be reported.
US Airways Group, Inc. has indicated strong results as it shared the traffic statistics for the month of January 2006.
Scott Kirby, executive vice president, sales and marketing said that the year-over-year revenue performance continued to produce strong results, with mainline unit revenues estimated to be up in excess of 15 percent for both west and east networks.
“When combined with increasingly strong Express unit revenue performance, our estimated combined system (west, east and Express networks) revenue per available seat mile during January 2006 increased over 20 percent from January 2005,†said Kirby.
For America West operated flights, revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were a record 1.9 billion, up 2.5 percent from January 2005. Capacity was 2.5 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 0.5 percent from January 2005. The passenger load factor for January was a record 75.8 percent versus
74.3 percent in January 2005.
For US Airways mainline operated flights, RPMs for January 2006 were 2.6 billion, a decrease of 11.7 percent from January 2005. Capacity was 3.7 billion ASMs, down 12.3 percent from January 2005. The passenger load factor for the month of January was a record 68.7 percent versus 68.3 percent
in January 2005.
According to an official release, until US Airways operates under one certificate, data regarding America West and US Airways operated flights will continue to be reported separately. Additionally, US Airways Express will continue to report separate data. US Airways Group, Inc., consisting of America West, US Airways mainline and US Airways Express combined operational information will also be reported.
