Southwest

percent. On the same day Southwesty reported a drop in the airline announced a major tickeft sale that allows customers tobuy one-way ticketzs for as low as $30, $60 and $90. The pricre consumers pay is based on how far theyare traveling. The specialk fares are availablethrough 11:59 p.m. on July 8 and are possibl e for flights booked for travel in the periodx runningfrom Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. “Southwest Airlines realizes customerse are looking for great travel deals during this difficulyteconomic time,” said Kevin Krone, vice president of sales and distribution.
“We wanted to provide customerse affordable airfare so they can puncgh this economy in the nose and travell for business or leisurethis fall.” Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) said the company flew 6.7 billiojn revenue passengers miles in June. That is down from 6.9 billioh revenue passengers miles in Juneof 2008. Revenue passengerd miles is theairline industry’s measurre of traffic, and it calculatesz every paying passenger flown per mile. Southwest’s load factor — a measurew of the percentage of the plan e filled by payingpassengers — hit 79.5 That is down from 78.
2 percen for the same period last Southwest is the dominant carrier at Baltimore/Washingtonm International Thurgood Marshall Airport carrying more than half the passengers flying out of the Linthicum airport.
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