Alaska Air Group reports September 2017 operational results

Alaska Air Group has reported September 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 8.4% increase in traffic on a 10.1% increase in capacity compared to September 2016. Load factor decreased 1.3 points to 82.9%.