Airline Traffic

Delta Air Lines operated 18.94 billion system RPMs in August, up 1% year-over-year, on a 1.2% rise in capacity to 21.91 billion ASMs. Load factor was flat at 86.5%.

Alaska Airlines flew 1.96 billion mainline RPMs in August, up 10% year-over-year, on a 7.1% increase in capacity to 2.26 billion ASMs, producing a load factor of 86.5%, up 2.2 points.

American Eagle's August traffic rose 13.8% year-over-year to 776 million RPMs on a 13.2% lift in capacity to 1.06 billion ASMs, producing a load factor of 73.1%, up 0.4 points.

Frontier Airlines, a Republic Airways Holdings subsidiary that includes Midwest Airlines, flew 1.21 billion RPMs in August, up 10%. Capacity increased 9% to 1.38 billion ASMs and load factor was 88%, up 1 point.