Quick post today – for one, I’ve been traveling. Second, my main laptop’s battery is broken, so I’m writing with an Asus Eee netbook. It’s a cool little thing, don’t get me wrong, but typing for awhile can be a hassle.
Anyway, here are the PRASM estimates from the carriers who provide them:
And, as always, here’s a graph of Continental’s results, as they provide a final number for the month prior:
So, for each carrier we saw an improvement from the month prior – and that’s great. Of course, Southwest’s results stand out a bit with the double-digit increase, and I think that’s mainly driven by an increase in load factor by over 9 points for the airline. During the airline’s earnings all CFO Laura Wright said that comparisons might get harder as capacity will be down less in future months than in January. But, at the same time, as we move forward, the 2009 numbers that will be used for comparisons for all cariers will be getting progressiviely worse, which can only help the numbers.
On a side note, I wonder how the cutover to Sabre affected JetBlue’s numbers. By all accounts, it went just wonderfully, but during the weekend of the transition load factors were capped at 40-60% on some flights, so that coud’ve had a bit of an effect.













I’m glad JetBlue will be changing things up. There’s nothing particularly bad about the JetBlue livery (though I think the fuselage titles are too small), but there’s just too much eurowhite out there these days. To be honest, JetBlue, United, US Airways, Delta, and Continental all look a bit too similar.

Latest Comments