Alaska Air Group reports June 2017 operational results

Alaska Air Group has reported June and year-to-date operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported an 8.3% increase in traffic on a 6.9% increase in capacity compared to June 2016. Load factor increased 1.0 point to 87.3%.