US Airlines January Traffic Data

              --Traffic--   --Capacity--  --Load factor--

RPMs % chg ASMs % chg % Change American 9.64 -11.7 13.07 -8.3 73.8 -2.8 pts Delta* 8.87 -2.2 11.81 -1.9 75.1 -0.3 pts United 7.65 -12.4 10.06 -12.0 76.0 -0.4 pts Continental 5.78 -10.8 7.81 -6.7 74.0 -3.4 pts Southwest 5.14 -9.7 8.17 -4.4 62.2 -1.4 pts Northwest* 5.65 -8.2 7.27 -6.4 77.8 -1.5 pts US Airways 4.35 -6.2 5.74 -6.9 75.8 +0.6 pts JetBlue 1.93 -7.1 2.61 -5.1 74.0 -1.6 pts Alaska** 1.35 -4.7 1.88 -8.4 71.7 +2.9 pts AirTran 1.27 +4.5 1.74 -3.8 73.2 +5.8 pts

NOTES: Traffic is measured in billions of revenue passenger miles, the distance traveled by paying passengers.

Capacity is measured in billions of available seat miles, reflecting the number of seats available for sale and the length of the flights.

Load factor is the percentage of seats occupied by paying passengers and change is in percentage points.

*Figures for Delta and Northwest include data for regional affiliates.

**Alaska Airlines doesn't include unit Horizon Air.

All data are from the airlines.

(Reuters)