US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced its August and year-to-date 2013 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 6.3 billion, up 6.3 percent versus August 2012. Mainline capacity was 7.1 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 5.6 percent versus August 2012. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 87.9 percent for the month of August, up 0.6 points versus August 2012.
US Airways' President Scott Kirby said, „Our August consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately five percent versus the same period last year. As we wind down the busy summer travel period, I would like to thank our 32,000 team members for doing an outstanding job of taking care of our customers. Despite challenging weather conditions and high load factors, our team delivered phenomenal operating results throughout the summer and we look forward to continuing that trend into the fall.”
For the month of August, US Airways' preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 81.1 percent with a record completion factor of 99.4 percent.
The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month and year-to-date ended August 31, 2013 and 2012, consisting of mainline-operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.
| US Airways Mainline | |||||
| AUGUST | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 4,436,900 | 4,196,294 | 5.7 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,341,635 | 1,254,333 | 7.0 | % | |
| Latin | 484,970 | 442,921 | 9.5 | % | |
| Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles | 6,263,505 | 5,893,548 | 6.3 | % | |
| Mainline Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 4,997,107 | 4,725,323 | 5.8 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,563,090 | 1,506,303 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 567,434 | 518,396 | 9.5 | % | |
| Total Mainline Available Seat Miles | 7,127,631 | 6,750,022 | 5.6 | % | |
| Mainline Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 88.8 | 88.8 | – | pts | |
| Atlantic | 85.8 | 83.3 | 2.5 | pts | |
| Latin | 85.5 | 85.4 | 0.1 | pts | |
| Total Mainline Load Factor | 87.9 | 87.3 | 0.6 | pts | |
| Mainline Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 4,436,771 | 4,127,915 | 7.5 | % | |
| Atlantic | 323,909 | 308,279 | 5.1 | % | |
| Latin | 330,960 | 333,978 | (0.9) | % | |
| Total Mainline Enplanements | 5,091,640 | 4,770,172 | 6.7 | % | |
| YEAR TO DATE | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 33,283,984 | 31,472,957 | 5.8 | % | |
| Atlantic | 7,721,046 | 7,434,898 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 3,942,076 | 3,704,222 | 6.4 | % | |
| Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles | 44,947,106 | 42,612,077 | 5.5 | % | |
| Mainline Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 38,336,481 | 36,880,229 | 3.9 | % | |
| Atlantic | 9,528,138 | 9,470,054 | 0.6 | % | |
| Latin | 4,711,499 | 4,444,295 | 6.0 | % | |
| Total Mainline Available Seat Miles | 52,576,118 | 50,794,578 | 3.5 | % | |
| Mainline Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 86.8 | 85.3 | 1.5 | pts | |
| Atlantic | 81.0 | 78.5 | 2.5 | pts | |
| Latin | 83.7 | 83.3 | 0.4 | pts | |
| Total Mainline Load Factor | 85.5 | 83.9 | 1.6 | pts | |
| Mainline Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 33,751,867 | 32,188,716 | 4.9 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,898,229 | 1,829,156 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 2,844,168 | 2,746,543 | 3.6 | % | |
| Total Mainline Enplanements | 38,494,264 | 36,764,415 | 4.7 | % | |
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1) | Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results. | |||||
| 2) | Latin numbers include the Caribbean. | |||||
| US Airways Express (Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines) | |||||
| AUGUST | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 207,640 | 231,960 | (10.5) | % | |
| Express Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 277,933 | 297,812 | (6.7) | % | |
| Express Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 74.7 | 77.9 | (3.2) | pts | |
| Express Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 700,570 | 761,180 | (8.0) | % | |
| YEAR TO DATE | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 1,615,442 | 1,599,804 | 1.0 | % | |
| Express Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 2,159,719 | 2,198,841 | (1.8) | % | |
| Express Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 74.8 | 72.8 | 2.0 | pts | |
| Express Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 5,412,601 | 5,442,825 | (0.6) | % | |
| Notes: | |||||
| 1) | Canada is included in domestic results. | ||||
| Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc. | |||||
| AUGUST | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 4,644,540 | 4,428,254 | 4.9 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,341,635 | 1,254,333 | 7.0 | % | |
| Latin | 484,970 | 442,921 | 9.5 | % | |
| Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles | 6,471,145 | 6,125,508 | 5.6 | % | |
| Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 5,275,040 | 5,023,135 | 5.0 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,563,090 | 1,506,303 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 567,434 | 518,396 | 9.5 | % | |
| Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles | 7,405,564 | 7,047,834 | 5.1 | % | |
| Consolidated Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 88.0 | 88.2 | (0.2) | pts | |
| Atlantic | 85.8 | 83.3 | 2.5 | pts | |
| Latin | 85.5 | 85.4 | 0.1 | pts | |
| Total Consolidated Load Factor | 87.4 | 86.9 | 0.5 | pts | |
| Consolidated Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 5,137,341 | 4,889,095 | 5.1 | % | |
| Atlantic | 323,909 | 308,279 | 5.1 | % | |
| Latin | 330,960 | 333,978 | (0.9) | % | |
| Total Consolidated Enplanements | 5,792,210 | 5,531,352 | 4.7 | % | |
| YEAR TO DATE | |||||
| 2013 | 2012 | Change | |||
| Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 34,899,426 | 33,072,761 | 5.5 | % | |
| Atlantic | 7,721,046 | 7,434,898 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 3,942,076 | 3,704,222 | 6.4 | % | |
| Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles | 46,562,548 | 44,211,881 | 5.3 | % | |
| Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000) | |||||
| Domestic | 40,496,200 | 39,079,070 | 3.6 | % | |
| Atlantic | 9,528,138 | 9,470,054 | 0.6 | % | |
| Latin | 4,711,499 | 4,444,295 | 6.0 | % | |
| Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles | 54,735,837 | 52,993,419 | 3.3 | % | |
| Consolidated Load Factor (%) | |||||
| Domestic | 86.2 | 84.6 | 1.6 | pts | |
| Atlantic | 81.0 | 78.5 | 2.5 | pts | |
| Latin | 83.7 | 83.3 | 0.4 | pts | |
| Total Consolidated Load Factor | 85.1 | 83.4 | 1.7 | pts | |
| Consolidated Enplanements | |||||
| Domestic | 39,164,468 | 37,631,541 | 4.1 | % | |
| Atlantic | 1,898,229 | 1,829,156 | 3.8 | % | |
| Latin | 2,844,168 | 2,746,543 | 3.6 | % | |
| Total Consolidated Enplanements | 43,906,865 | 42,207,240 | 4.0 | % | |
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1) | Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results. | |||||
| 2) | Latin numbers include the Caribbean. | |||||
Source / Author: U.S. Airways