Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ: NWAC) yesterday announced a system-wide May load factor of 78.8 percent, 2.1 points above May 2001. System-wide Northwest flew 6.12 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.77 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in May 2002, resulting in a traffic decrease of 8.8 percent and a capacity decrease of 11.2 percent versus May 2001.
May international traffic was down 9.7% on a 10.6% decrease in capacity. May domestic traffic was down 8.0% on an 11.7% decrease in capacity.
Northwest boarded 4.5 million passengers, down 9.8 percent from last year.
System
Scheduled Service
|
|
May-02 |
May-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
7,765,168 |
8,748,833 |
-11.2% |
RPMs |
6,122,643 |
6,710,966 |
-8.8% |
Load Factor |
78.8% |
76.7% |
2.1 pts. |
Enplaned Passengers |
4,477 |
4,961 |
-9.8% |
Domestic Scheduled
Service
|
|
May-02 |
May-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
4,524,387 |
5,125,451 |
-11.7% |
RPMs |
3,388,200 |
3,682,355 |
-8.0% |
Load Factor |
74.9% |
71.8% |
3.1 pts. |
Pacific Scheduled
Service |
|
May-02 |
May-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
2,024,664 |
2,309,108 |
-12.3% |
RPMs |
1,686,595 |
1,924,287 |
-12.4% |
Load Factor |
83.3% |
83.3% |
0 pts. |
Atlantic
Scheduled Service
|
|
May-02 |
May-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
1,216,117 |
1,314,274 |
-7.5% |
RPMs |
1,047,848 |
1,104,324 |
-5.1% |
Load Factor |
86.2% |
84.0% |
2.2 pts. |
International
Scheduled Service
|
|
May-02 |
May-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
3,240,781 |
3,623,382 |
-10.6% |
RPMs |
2,734,443 |
3,028,611 |
-9.7% |
Load Factor |
84.4% |
83.6% |
0.8 pts. |
Year-to-Date
System Scheduled Service
|
|
YTD-02 |
YTD-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
37,136,150 |
42,268,368 |
-12.1% |
RPMs |
28,460,936 |
31,462,065 |
-9.5% |
Load Factor |
76.6% |
74.4% |
2.2 pts. |
Enplaned Passengers |
20,684 |
23,156 |
-10.7% |
Year-to-Date
Domestic Scheduled Service
|
|
YTD-02 |
YTD-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
22,785,281 |
25,421,494 |
-10.4% |
RPMs |
16,450,581 |
17,975,724 |
-8.5% |
Load Factor |
72.2% |
70.7% |
1.5 pts. |
Year-to-Date
Pacific Scheduled Service
|
|
YTD-02 |
YTD-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
9,247,254 |
10,948,448 |
-15.5% |
RPMs |
7,799,582 |
8,873,875 |
-12.1% |
Load Factor |
84.3% |
81.1% |
3.2 pts. |
Year-to-Date
Atlantic Scheduled Service
|
|
YTD-02 |
YTD-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
5,103,615 |
5,898,426 |
-13.5% |
RPMs |
4,210,773 |
4,612,466 |
-8.7% |
Load Factor |
82.5% |
78.2% |
4.3 pts. |
Year-to-Date
International Scheduled Service
|
|
YTD-02 |
YTD-01 |
% Change |
ASMs |
14,350,869 |
16,846,874 |
-14.8% |
RPMs |
12,010,355 |
13,486,341 |
-10.9% |
Load Factor |
83.7% |
80.1% |
3.6 pts. |
Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam and more than 1,400 daily departures. With its travel partners, Northwest serves nearly 750 cities in almost 120 countries on six continents.
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