November Airline Traffic Numbers

(MoneyWatch)  November was a miserable month for many airlines as demand really started to fall off, often faster than capacity. Here are the year over year changes in traffic for US airlines' commercial service (including regional operations unless noted). Click for definitions.

Airline	ASMs	RPMs	Load Factor
AirTran	(7.1%)	(6.6%)	+0.4 pts
Alaska*	(6.8%)	(6.9%)	N/C
Allegiant	(10.6%)	1.9%	+10.9 pts
American*	(9.3%)	(14.5%)	-4.6 pts
Continental	(7.3%)	(10.5%)	-2.8 pts
Delta	(5.3%)	(4.9%)	+0.3 pts
Frontier*	(15.2%)	(14.9%)	+0.4 pts
JetBlue	(6.3%)	(7.8%)	-1.3 pts
Northwest	(4.7%)	(7.4%)	-2.3 pts
Southwest	0.4%	(8.3%)	-6.1 pts
United*	(3.7%)	(6.0%)	-2.0 pts
US Airways	(5.9%)	(6.9%)	-0.8 pts

*Does not include regional operations

[Edited 12/8 @ 1124a to include link to term definitions]