Allegiant Travel Traffic, Capacity Climb In December, Q4

(RTTNews) - Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. (ALGT) reported Thursday that its passenger traffic, capacity and load factor increased for the month of December and fourth quarter.

For December, the low-cost airline carried 1.07 million passengers, up 10.1 percent from last year. Revenue passenger miles climbed 10.7 percent to 977.60 million RPMs, and available seat miles grew 8.7 percent to 1.19 billion ASKs. Load factor increased 1.4 percentage points to 82.0%.

For the fourth quarter, the company carried 3.03 million passengers, up 12.9 percent from last year. Revenue passenger miles climbed 12.5 percent to 2.72 billion RPMs, and available seat miles grew 11.2 percent to 3.28 billion ASKs. Load factor increased 0.9 percentage points to 82.7%.