The Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 1:19pm EDT
US Airways Group Inc. saw a 1.6 percent increase in passenger boardings last month to 4.4 million, up from 4.3 million in April 2010.
The airline, which is the busiest airline at Piedmont Triad International Airport, flew 4.95 billion revenue-passenger miles last month, up 4.3 percent from April 2010.
The carrier’s passenger-load factor, or percentage of filled seats, was 82.6 percent, down from 82.7 percent the previous year.
Capacity rose 4.4 percent to 6 billion available seat miles.
Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways (NYSE:LCC) operates 3,200 daily flights to 200 destinations in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.