But the cost per available seat mile excluding fuel (CASMex) was up just 1%.
Alaska has yet to meet its goal of 7.25 cents per available seat mile.
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Cost per average seat mile (CASM), a key measure of unit costs, rose 10.5% to 12.26 cents.
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But costs remain out of line-13.5 cents per available seat mile, compared with an industry average of 9.2 cents.
The company expects consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile to grow between 9.5% and 10.5% year-over-year in the third quarter.
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Revenue per available seat mile, the industry's standard gauge of how capacity produces dollars, was up 2.2% in the second quarter.
The airline improved its key financial metric of passenger revenue per available seat mile (or PRASM) by 5.5% year-over-year, according to a statement.
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November passenger revenue per available seat mile fell by 2% and, as a result, will be flat compared with a year earlier, US Airways said.
His penny-pinching ways--yes, gate agents help load bags--have held cost per seat mile to 8.3 cents, versus 10.2 cents for chief regional rival Delta Air Lines.
Ticket sales picked up, as passenger revenue per available seat mile grew 5.2% during the quarter, and the average fare paid increased by more than 6%.
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The company expects passenger unit revenue (measured by revenue per available seat mile) to go up by 10.5% in Sept quarter as compared to the same period last year.
Add it all up and labor expenses at Southwest, which traditionally have run about 3 cents per available seat mile, might be headed closer to the 4.2 cents at Delta or 5.1 cents at United.
Operating revenue per available seat mile (RASM) was up 6% to 14.2 cents, while operating cost per available seat mile (CASM) rose 10% to 11.3 cents (largely due to a 20% increase in the effective price of jet fuel).
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In the ballpark of 15 to 20 percent lower operating costs per seat-mile?
The 747-8 Intercontinental will have the lowest seat-mile cost of any large commercial jetliner, with 12 percent lower costs than its predecessor, the 747-400.
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