AMERICAN WEST <AWAL> HAS LOWER LOAD FACTOR
America West Airlines said its
February load factor slipped to 57.9 pct from 58.1 pct a year
earlier and the year-to-date load factor was up slightly at
55.5 pct compared with 55.4 pct a year earlier.
    February revenue passenger miles rose to 367.6 mln from
209.1 mln and year-to-date revenue miles were up to 730.3 mln
from last's year 421.9 mln.
    Available seat miles for the month increased to 634.4 mln
from 360.1 mln a year earlier and for the two-month period
available miles totaled 1.32 billion, up from the 761.7 mln
reported for the comparable period in 1986, America West said.
 Reuter
