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Passenger traffic for the carrier declined in the third quarter, indicated by a 0.6% y-o-y decline in Revenue Passenger Miles.
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System-wide traffic at American Airlines increased 1.3% in June over the same period a year ago, hitting 11.4 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs).
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Delta, United, American, Southwest and Alaska were all over 7.5% of revenue passenger miles with awards. (A revenue passenger mile, or one passenger flying one mile, is the standard measure of traffic for airlines.) Alaska was best at a hefty 9% of revenue passenger miles on frequent-flier awards.
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In the 30 years since airline deregulation, passenger revenue miles have tripled.
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