Alaska Air Group has reported January operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries (Horizon) and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines, a subsidiary of RAVN Air.
On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 2.5% increase in traffic on a 0.9% increase in capacity compared to January 2018. Load factor increased 1.3 percentage points to 77.1%.
Mainline reported a 0.1% increase in traffic on a 1.1% decrease in capacity compared to January 2018. Load factor increased 0.9 pts to 77.3%. Mainline also reported 80.5% of its flights arrived on time in January 2019, compared to 87.1% reported in January 2018.
Regional traffic increased 28.9% on a 20.9 percent increase in capacity compared to January 2018. Load factor increased 4.7 points to 74.8%. Alaska’s regional partners also reported 81.9% of flights arrived on time in January 2019, compared to 86.3% in January 2018.