2008 Full Year Traffic

(MoneyWatch)  I know I've already posted December traffic, but now let's look back at the full year 2008 traffic just in time for the first fourth quarter financial results this week. As you can see, the tremendous capacity drop we saw in the fourth quarter really doesn't show that much since traffic grew earlier in the year. My guess is that 2009 will be a very different story. Click for definitions.

Airline	ASMs	RPMs	Load Factor
AirTran	4.9%	9.6%	+3.4 pts
Alaska*	0.0%	1.4%	+1.1 pts
Allegiant	13.5%	22.9%	+6.8 pts
American*	(3.8%)	(4.8%)	-0.9 pts
Continental	(0.2%)	(1.6%)	-1.2 pts
Delta	(0.5%)	0.8%	+1.1 pts
Frontier*	(4.1%)	(0.1%)	+3.4 pts
JetBlue	1.7%	1.3%	-0.3 pts
Northwest	1.2%	1.1%	-0.1 pts
Southwest	3.6%	1.6%	-1.4 pts
United*	(4.5%)	(6.5%)	-1.8 pts
US Airways	(2.2%)	(1.3%)	+0.8 pts

*Does not include regional operations