Southwest Airlines reports January traffic

Southwest Airlines flew 8.0 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2015, an 8.6% increase from the 7.4 billion RPMs flown in January 2014.  Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 10.2% to 10.7 billion from the January 2014 level of 9.7 billion.  The January 2015 load factor was 75.1% compared with 76.3% in January 2014.  For January 2015, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have decreased approximately one percent, as compared with January 2014.