Southwest Airlines reports January traffic

Southwest Airlines flew 9.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2018, an increase of 4.0% from the 9.4 billion RPMs flown in January 2017. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 1.9% to 12.5 billion in January 2018, compared with January 2017 ASMs of 12.3 billion. The January 2018 load factor was a record for the month of January at 77.8%, compared with 76.3% in January 2017.