US Airways Group Reports April Traffic
US Airways Inc. | May 07, 2007
On May 7, US Airways Group, Inc. reported April and year-to-date results for 2007. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.5 billion, down 0.1 percent from April 2006. Capacity was 6.6 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 0.2 percent from April 2006. The passenger load factor for April was 82.2 percent versus 82.1 percent in April 2006.
Said US Airways President Scott Kirby, "As we've seen from other airlines, the passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) environment has weakened from the rapid growth rate seen in 2006 leading to more difficult year-over-year comparisons, particularly in the second quarter. In addition, the month was impacted compared to last year due to the timing of the Easter holiday. As a result, our consolidated (mainline and Express) PRASM was down in April when compared to the same period last year."
America West and US Airways report combined operational performance to the U.S. Department of Transportation. For the month of April 2007, the combined domestic on-time performance was 63.2 percent with a completion factor of 98.6 percent.