Horizon Air has reported its traffic figures for December 2009 and the full calendar year.
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month totalled 211 million, a 15.1% increase on December 2008’s 183 million. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased by 10.5% to 278 million from 251 million. These figures produced a 3.1 percentage point increase in the load factor, which went up to 75.9% from 72.8 percent for the respective months. Revenue passengers carried in December numbered 594,000, compared with 532,000 in December 2008, an 11.6% increase.
For the 2009 calendar year, RPMs totalled 2,408 million, a drop of 8.6% on 2008’s figure of 2,635 million. ASMs also fell, by 9.0%, to 3,292 million from 3,617 million. The resultant annual load factor was 73.1%, a slight rise (0.2 pp) on 2008’s load factor of 72.9%.
Revenue passengers for the year fell by 8.5% to 6,759,000 from 7,390,000 in 2008.
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