Thu, Jan 06, 2011
Showed Strong Results Despite Weather Challenges Late In The
Month
December was apparently a very good month for US Airways. The
carrier released December, fourth quarter, and full-year 2010
traffic results on Wednesday, and the data indicates that mainline
revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.7 billion, up
5.7 percent versus December 2009. Mainline capacity was 5.9 billion
available seat miles (ASMs), up 3.7 percent versus December 2009.
Mainline passenger load factor was 80.8 percent, a record for the
month of December and up 1.5 points versus December 2009.
US Airways’ President Scott Kirby said, “Our
December consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per
available seat mile (PRASM) and total revenue per available seat
mile each increased approximately 5 percent versus the same period
last year.
“The last two weeks of December presented a challenging
operational environment due to snowstorms in Europe and throughout
the northeastern part of the U.S. The US Airways team did a
terrific job of taking care of our customers during this holiday
travel period, and got the system back up and running quickly
following the storm. In fact, one day after the New York blizzard,
our operation was back up and completing more than 99 percent of
our schedule. Despite the adverse weather conditions over the
holidays, thanks to these efforts we posted our best December
on-time departure, arrival and baggage handling performance since
2005.
“Simply put, our team ran an outstanding operation
throughout the entire year and we enter 2011 from a very solid
operational and financial position,” Kirby concluded.
For the month of December, US Airways’ preliminary on-time
performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) was 78.7 percent with a completion factor of 97.7
percent.
US Airways Group includes the branded carrier, as well as US
Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA
Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.
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