Things in the Sky

Well, it’s the beginning of the month, and that means we can now look over the results of the four airlines that provide PRASM estimates: Continental, JetBlue, Southwest, and US Airways. The good news is that all of the airlines mad progress compared to last month. The bad news is that there’s still more progress to be made. Here are the results:

This month’s results were probably boosted by Thanksgiving – last year, the holiday fell later in the month, making some traffic go into December. It did fall a bit earlier this year, though, which boosts this month’s comparison. Southwest’s impressive 12% increase was also aided by the fact that the PRASM increase in November 2008 was only 1%, providing for an easier comparison here.

Since Continental actually gives revised final numbers, here’s a graph of their performance the past few months:

So, progress is being made here.