ALASKA AIR <ALK> UNIT HAS LOWER LOAD FACTOR
Alaska Air Group Inc said its Alaska
Airlines unit's February load factor fell to 49 pct from 51 pct
during the same month last year and its year-to-date load
factor was 49 pct, down from 50 a year ago.
    February revenue passenger miles fell to 171.7 mln from 
179 mln and year-to-date revenue miles dropped to 361.5 mln
from 377.4 mln.
    Available seat miles for the month totaled 352.8 mln, up
from 348.1 mln and for the two-month period available miles
declined to 745.3 mln from the 751.7 mln reported for the same
period of 1986, Alaska Air Group said.
 Reuter
