US Airways Group, Inc. Reports March Traffic
Apr 6, 2007, 8:08 pm
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US Airways Group, Inc. Reports March Traffic
US Airways Group, Inc. Reports March Traffic
55.5% on-time performance is not too bad.
And I always love the standard "special items" comment.
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"As a result, for the second straight month we experienced a negative impact on revenue, passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) and cost per available seat mile (CASM). However, our March year-over-year consolidated (mainline and Express) PRASM was up over the same period last year. Despite the disruption, we still project a slight profit (excluding special items) for the first quarter. America West and US Airways report combined operational performance to the Department of Transportation. For the month of March 2007, the combined domestic on-time performance was 55.5 percent with a completion factor of 97.1 percent.
55.5% on-time performance is not too bad.
And I always love the standard "special items" comment.
Apr 6, 2007, 8:24 pm
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America West and US Airways report combined operational performance to the Department of Transportation. For the month of March 2007, the combined domestic on-time performance was 55.5 percent with a completion factor of 97.1 percent.
55.5% on-time performance is not too bad.
And I always love the standard "special items" comment.
Apr 6, 2007, 10:54 pm
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55.5% is a whitewashed lie in and of itself, since it's "combined operational performance." OK, they "report" combined stats, but until such time as the certificates merge, they also compile results separately and they're collected separately. It's unlikely West was any worse than 65% or so, and they run about half as many mainline flights as East. That puts East somewhere nearer 50%, probably below or they would have reported it prominently.
I was thinking the same thing. The West operation most likely performed quite well, as it normally does. Without the West numbers included, the East operation, as you point out, likely ran at less than 50%.