Alaska Air group reveals August 2019 operational results

Alaska Air Group has revealed its group August operational results which includes Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines, a subsidiary of Ravn Air. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 4.6% increase in revenue passenger miles (RPM) coming in at 5.2 million, marking a 5.6% increase compared to the same period last year. Its available seat miles (ASM) increased by 4.2% to 6.3 million. Overall, load factor increased 0.3 percentage points to 86%. The group’s passenger revenue increased to 4.35 million passengers in August 2019, up from the