Southwest Airlines reports February traffic

Southwest Airlines flew 7.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in February 2015, a 6% percent increase from the 7.1 billion RPMs flown in February 2014.  Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.6% to 9.5 billion in February 2015 compared with the February 2014 level of 9.1 billion.  The February 2015 load factor was 79.9%, compared with 78.1% in February 2014.  For February 2015, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased approximately 1.0%, compared with February 2014. For the first two months of 2015, Southwest flew 15.6 billion RPMs, compared with 14.6 billion RPMs flown for the same period