Southwest is one of several carriers adding more flights to Havana.By the Caribbean Journal staff
Southwest Airlines reported another jump in traffic in July, according to the latest numbers from the carrier.
The company reported a total of 12.195 billion revenue passenger miles last month, which represented a 2.2 percent increase over the same month in 2017.
Southwest also saw a 2.1 percent increase in available seat miles, rising from 14.16 billion in July 2017 to 14.61 billion last month.
Load factor fell by 1 percentage point, however, to 86.3 percent.
Southwest flew a total of 122,030 trips in the period, a 1 percent increase year over year.
Southwest has been at the forefront of the Caribbean’s fast-growing aviation network, most recently launching a new route to Aruba.
— CJ
