Allegaint January Traffic

From Forbes


Allegiant Air, which carries passengers to Las Vegas and other resort areas, said Wednesday its January traffic rose 8.7 percent from a year ago, bucking a downward trend affecting most U.S. carriers.

Allegiant said paying passengers flew 303 million miles on its scheduled service in January, compared with 278.7 million revenue passenger miles a year earlier.

Capacity rose 0.6 percent to 340.3 million available seat miles from 338.3 million available seat miles, while occupancy, or load factor, increased to 89 percent from 82.4 percent in January 2008. Most airlines with broader networks reduced capacity