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Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air report improved October load factors

Nov 04, 2009 (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) --

Company: Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK)

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) reported on Tuesday traffic results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, for October 2009, with both carriers posting year-on-year improvements in load factor.

Revenue passenger miles for Alaska Airlines for the month rose by 3.0% compared to October 2008, while available seat miles dropped by 1.6%, resulting in a load factor of 77.0%, an increase of 3.4 percentage points.

Horizon Air's revenue passenger miles for October 2009 grew by 3.2% compared to the same period of last year, while available seat miles were unchanged, resulting in a rise in load factor of 2.3 percentage points at 73.4%. 

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Company: Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK)


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