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# US Airways Reports Record September Load Factor
- URL: https://hospitality.pro/us-airways-reports-record-september-load-factor/
- Published: 2012-10-03T12:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-10-11T16:32:26.000Z
- Author: H L
- Tags: Hospitality Industry News, News, US Airways, #wordpress, #Import 2026-04-16 12:15

Employees Earn $17 million in Year-to-Date Operational Incentive Payouts

US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced September, quarter and year-to-date 2012 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.0 billion, up 1.8 percent versus September 2011\. Mainline capacity was 5.9 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 0.9 percent versus September 2011\. Mainline passenger load factor was a record 84.4 percent for the month of September, up 0.8 points versus September 2011.

“Our September consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) was flat versus the same period last year,” said US Airways’ President, Scott Kirby. “I would like to again thank and congratulate our team of 32,000 employees who have continued their string of record-setting operational performance. Year-to-date, this includes the best departure performance, on-time performance, completion factor, and baggage handling in our Company’s history. Thanks to their tremendous efforts, US Airways’ employees have earned approximately $17 million in operational incentive payouts.”

For the month of September, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 87.3 percent with a completion factor of 99.6 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month, quarter and year-to-date ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, consisting of mainline-operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.

| **US Airways Mainline**                    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | --- |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **SEPTEMBER**                              |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 3,569,085  | 3,488,198  | 2.3        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 1,142,413  | 1,145,090  | (0.2)      | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 241,538    | 232,586    | 3.8        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles                                                | 4,953,036  | 4,865,874  | 1.8        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 4,212,375  | 4,142,933  | 1.7        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 1,356,300  | 1,373,587  | (1.3)      | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 301,803    | 301,653    | –          | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Available Seat Miles                                                   | 5,870,478  | 5,818,173  | 0.9        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 84.7       | 84.2       | 0.5        | pts |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 84.2       | 83.4       | 0.8        | pts |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 80.0       | 77.1       | 2.9        | pts |
|                                            | Total Mainline Load Factor                                                            | 84.4       | 83.6       | 0.8        | pts |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 3,720,812  | 3,659,448  | 1.7        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 275,163    | 283,393    | (2.9)      | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 167,718    | 164,431    | 2.0        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Enplanements                                                           | 4,163,693  | 4,107,272  | 1.4        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **QUARTER TO DATE**                        |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 12,016,403 | 11,707,675 | 2.6        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 3,667,789  | 3,638,159  | 0.8        | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 1,177,112  | 1,124,905  | 4.6        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles                                                | 16,861,304 | 16,470,739 | 2.4        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 13,805,181 | 13,500,078 | 2.3        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 4,377,812  | 4,227,804  | 3.5        | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 1,377,023  | 1,305,484  | 5.5        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Available Seat Miles                                                   | 19,560,016 | 19,033,366 | 2.8        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 87.0       | 86.7       | 0.3        | pts |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 83.8       | 86.1       | (2.3)      | pts |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 85.5       | 86.2       | (0.7)      | pts |
|                                            | Total Mainline Load Factor                                                            | 86.2       | 86.5       | (0.3)      | pts |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 11,968,593 | 11,779,231 | 1.6        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 895,683    | 899,639    | (0.4)      | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 875,391    | 840,968    | 4.1        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Enplanements                                                           | 13,739,667 | 13,519,838 | 1.6        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **YEAR TO DATE**                           |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 35,042,042 | 33,973,495 | 3.1        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 8,577,311  | 8,495,286  | 1.0        | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 3,945,760  | 3,831,759  | 3.0        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Revenue Passenger Miles                                                | 47,565,113 | 46,300,540 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 41,092,604 | 40,029,655 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 10,826,354 | 10,484,263 | 3.3        | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 4,746,098  | 4,670,446  | 1.6        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Available Seat Miles                                                   | 56,665,056 | 55,184,364 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 85.3       | 84.9       | 0.4        | pts |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 79.2       | 81.0       | (1.8)      | pts |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 83.1       | 82.0       | 1.1        | pts |
|                                            | Total Mainline Load Factor                                                            | 83.9       | 83.9       | –          | pts |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Mainline Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            | Domestic                                                                              | 35,909,528 | 34,877,209 | 3.0        | %   |
|                                            | Atlantic                                                                              | 2,104,319  | 2,096,337  | 0.4        | %   |
|                                            | Latin                                                                                 | 2,914,261  | 2,849,168  | 2.3        | %   |
|                                            | Total Mainline Enplanements                                                           | 40,928,108 | 39,822,714 | 2.8        | %   |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Notes:**                                 |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **1)**                                     | **Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results.** |            |            |            |     |
| **2)**                                     | **Latin numbers include the Caribbean.**                                              |            |            |            |     |

| **US Airways Express (Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines)** |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | --- |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **SEPTEMBER**                                            |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             | **2012**  | **2011**  | **Change** |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)**                |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 203,234   | 189,617   | 7.2        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Available Seat Miles (000)**                   |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 269,092   | 252,918   | 6.4        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Load Factor (%)**                              |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 75.5      | 75.0      | 0.5        | pts |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Enplanements**                                 |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 676,898   | 656,096   | 3.2        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **QUARTER TO DATE**                                      |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             | **2012**  | **2011**  | **Change** |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)**                |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 657,337   | 592,685   | 10.9       | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Available Seat Miles (000)**                   |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 860,940   | 797,614   | 7.9        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Load Factor (%)**                              |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 76.4      | 74.3      | 2.1        | pts |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Enplanements**                                 |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 2,178,446 | 2,036,040 | 7.0        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **YEAR TO DATE**                                         |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             | **2012**  | **2011**  | **Change** |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Revenue Passenger Miles (000)**                |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 1,803,038 | 1,725,693 | 4.5        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Available Seat Miles (000)**                   |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 2,467,933 | 2,378,307 | 3.8        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Load Factor (%)**                              |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 73.1      | 72.6      | 0.5        | pts |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Express Enplanements**                                 |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          | Domestic                                    | 6,119,723 | 5,909,751 | 3.6        | %   |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
|                                                          |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **Notes:**                                               |                                             |           |           |            |     |
| **1)**                                                   | **Canada is included in domestic results.** |           |           |            |     |

| **Consolidated US Airways Group, Inc.**        |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | --- |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **SEPTEMBER**                                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 3,772,319  | 3,677,815  | 2.6        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 1,142,413  | 1,145,090  | (0.2)      | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 241,538    | 232,586    | 3.8        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles                                            | 5,156,270  | 5,055,491  | 2.0        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 4,481,467  | 4,395,851  | 1.9        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 1,356,300  | 1,373,587  | (1.3)      | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 301,803    | 301,653    | –          | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles                                               | 6,139,570  | 6,071,091  | 1.1        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 84.2       | 83.7       | 0.5        | pts |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 84.2       | 83.4       | 0.8        | pts |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 80.0       | 77.1       | 2.9        | pts |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Load Factor                                                        | 84.0       | 83.3       | 0.7        | pts |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 4,397,710  | 4,315,544  | 1.9        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 275,163    | 283,393    | (2.9)      | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 167,718    | 164,431    | 2.0        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Enplanements                                                       | 4,840,591  | 4,763,368  | 1.6        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **QUARTER TO DATE**                            |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 12,673,740 | 12,300,360 | 3.0        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 3,667,789  | 3,638,159  | 0.8        | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 1,177,112  | 1,124,905  | 4.6        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles                                            | 17,518,641 | 17,063,424 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 14,666,121 | 14,297,692 | 2.6        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 4,377,812  | 4,227,804  | 3.5        | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 1,377,023  | 1,305,484  | 5.5        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles                                               | 20,420,956 | 19,830,980 | 3.0        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 86.4       | 86.0       | 0.4        | pts |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 83.8       | 86.1       | (2.3)      | pts |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 85.5       | 86.2       | (0.7)      | pts |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Load Factor                                                        | 85.8       | 86.0       | (0.2)      | pts |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 14,147,039 | 13,815,271 | 2.4        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 895,683    | 899,639    | (0.4)      | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 875,391    | 840,968    | 4.1        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Enplanements                                                       | 15,918,113 | 15,555,878 | 2.3        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **YEAR TO DATE**                               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       | **2012**   | **2011**   | **Change** |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles (000)** |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 36,845,080 | 35,699,188 | 3.2        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 8,577,311  | 8,495,286  | 1.0        | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 3,945,760  | 3,831,759  | 3.0        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Revenue Passenger Miles                                            | 49,368,151 | 48,026,233 | 2.8        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Available Seat Miles (000)**    |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 43,560,537 | 42,407,962 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 10,826,354 | 10,484,263 | 3.3        | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 4,746,098  | 4,670,446  | 1.6        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Available Seat Miles                                               | 59,132,989 | 57,562,671 | 2.7        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Load Factor (%)**               |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 84.6       | 84.2       | 0.4        | pts |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 79.2       | 81.0       | (1.8)      | pts |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 83.1       | 82.0       | 1.1        | pts |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Load Factor                                                        | 83.5       | 83.4       | 0.1        | pts |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Consolidated Enplanements**                  |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                | Domestic                                                                              | 42,029,251 | 40,786,960 | 3.0        | %   |
|                                                | Atlantic                                                                              | 2,104,319  | 2,096,337  | 0.4        | %   |
|                                                | Latin                                                                                 | 2,914,261  | 2,849,168  | 2.3        | %   |
|                                                | Total Consolidated Enplanements                                                       | 47,047,831 | 45,732,465 | 2.9        | %   |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
|                                                |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **Notes:**                                     |                                                                                       |            |            |            |     |
| **1)**                                         | **Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the domestic results.** |            |            |            |     |
| **2)**                                         | **Latin numbers include the Caribbean.**                                              |            |            |            |     |