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Alaska Air Group Reports November Traffic

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002--Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) today reported November passenger traffic for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

ALASKA AIRLINES

Alaska Airlines' November traffic increased 6.8 percent to 996.2 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs) from 933.0 million flown a year earlier. Capacity during November was 1.538 billion available seat miles (ASMs), 11.6 percent higher than the 1.378 billion in November 2001.

The passenger load factor (the percentage of available seats occupied by fare paying passengers) for the month was 64.8 percent, compared to 67.7 in November 2001. The airline carried 1,055,300 passengers compared to 1,030,200 in November 2001.

RPMs for the eleven-month period totaled 11.980 billion, a 6.4 percent increase from the 11.259 billion recorded a year earlier. Capacity for the eleven months ended November 2002 increased 7.7 percent to 17.716 billion ASMs, compared to 16.453 billion in 2001.

The passenger load factor for the first eleven months of 2002 was

  • 67.6 percent, compared to 68.4 percent in 2001. The airline carried 12,896,800 passengers compared to 12,596,300 in 2001.

HORIZON AIR

Horizon Air's November traffic increased 24.5 percent to 119.4 million RPMs from 95.9 million flown a year earlier. Capacity for November was 203.3 million ASMs, 35.7 percent higher than last year's 149.8 million.

The passenger load factor for the month was 58.7 percent, compared to 64.0 percent last November. The airline carried 369,100 passengers compared to 333,600 in November 2001.

RPMs for the eleven months ended November 2002 totaled 1.368 billion, a 10.2 percent increase from the 1.242 billion recorded a year earlier. Capacity for the eleven-month period increased 11.7 percent to 2.210 billion ASMs, compared to 1.979 billion in 2001.

The passenger load factor for the first eleven months of 2002 was

  • 61.9 percent, compared to 62.7 percent in 2001. The airline carried 4,373,700 passengers, compared to 4,301,300 in 2001.

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CONTACT: Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Jack Evans, 206/433-3134