April 2009 Airline Traffic Numbers

(MoneyWatch)  This is a very different looking group of numbers than we saw last month. Let's start off with the fact that there are a lot of plus signs in the load factor column. Yep, that plunge in load factor last month reversed itself mightily. The Easter holiday shift into April had something to do with that, of course. Click for definitions.

Airline	ASMs	RPMs	Load Factor
AirTran	(7.9%)	0.3%	+6.5 pts
Alaska*	(8.3%)	(5.9%)	+2.0 pts
Allegiant	29.8%	34.0%	+2.8 pts
American*	(6.1%)	(4.7%)	+1.2 pts
Continental	(6.8%)	(3.4%)	+2.9 pts
Delta	(7.1%)	(7.7%)	-0.5 pts
Frontier*	(16.1%)	(17.5%)	-1.4 pts
JetBlue	(4.0%)	(2.7%)	+1.1 pts
Southwest	(1.9%)	4.1%	+4.4 pts
United	(8.7%)	(8.7%)	N/C
US Airways#	(4.8%)	(3.0%)	+1.5 pts

*Does not include regional operations

#Only includes wholly-owned regional subsidiaries