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Southwest Airlines (LUV) April Traffic Dips on Low Demand
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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV - Free Report) reported disappointing traffic results for April. Traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles or RPMs) slipped 0.3% to around 11.2 billion while capacity or available seat miles (ASMs) inched up 1.5% to 13.57 billion. The decline in traffic is due to softness in bookings following the fatal engine failure last month.
Also, load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) deteriorated 150 basis points (bps) to 82.5% in the month as capacity expanded while traffic contracted. However, passenger count grew 2.4% to 13.78 billion.
In the first four months of the year, Southwest Airlines witnessed a 2.6% rise in RPMs to 41.64 billion. Also, ASMs nudged up 1.7% to 50.94 billion. As a result, load factor expanded 80 bps to 81.8%. Moreover, passenger count increased 4.7% to 51.32 billion.
The company grabbed news headlines of late after it announced a detailed plan to offer flights connecting Hawaii with California. The carrier will initiate these low-fare services, which will be way more reasonable than those currently operated by Hawaiian Airlines, the subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. . (Read more: Southwest a Step Closer to Hawaii: Hawaiian Holdings Slides).
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
Southwest Airlines carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Shares of SkyWest and Cathay Pacific Airways have rallied more than 56% and 14%, respectively, in a year.
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Southwest Airlines (LUV) April Traffic Dips on Low Demand
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV - Free Report) reported disappointing traffic results for April. Traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles or RPMs) slipped 0.3% to around 11.2 billion while capacity or available seat miles (ASMs) inched up 1.5% to 13.57 billion. The decline in traffic is due to softness in bookings following the fatal engine failure last month.
Also, load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) deteriorated 150 basis points (bps) to 82.5% in the month as capacity expanded while traffic contracted. However, passenger count grew 2.4% to 13.78 billion.
In the first four months of the year, Southwest Airlines witnessed a 2.6% rise in RPMs to 41.64 billion. Also, ASMs nudged up 1.7% to 50.94 billion. As a result, load factor expanded 80 bps to 81.8%. Moreover, passenger count increased 4.7% to 51.32 billion.
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The company grabbed news headlines of late after it announced a detailed plan to offer flights connecting Hawaii with California. The carrier will initiate these low-fare services, which will be way more reasonable than those currently operated by Hawaiian Airlines, the subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. . (Read more: Southwest a Step Closer to Hawaii: Hawaiian Holdings Slides).
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
Southwest Airlines carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Two better-ranked stocks in the airline space are SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW - Free Report) and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (CPCAY - Free Report) . While SkyWest sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Cathay Pacific Airways carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Shares of SkyWest and Cathay Pacific Airways have rallied more than 56% and 14%, respectively, in a year.
The Hottest Tech Mega-Trend of All
Last year, it generated $8 billion in global revenues. By 2020, it's predicted to blast through the roof to $47 billion. Famed investor Mark Cuban says it will produce "the world's first trillionaires," but that should still leave plenty of money for regular investors who make the right trades early.
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