How Did Southwest Perform Operationally In January?

+21.36%
Upside
29.25
Market
35.50
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After an impressive fourth quarter, Southwest continued to showcase improvement in its January metrics. Keeping with the trends seen in the previous year, the company grew its capacity by 6.2% y-o-y in January, one of the highest in the industry. However, this is slightly higher given the company’s full year and first quarter guidance. Furthermore, the occupancy rate deteriorated in January  by 120 bps, indicating a sign of excess capacity. In contrast, passenger traffic and passengers boarded grew at a solid pace of 4.6% and 3.7%, respectively in January 2017. In terms of unit revenue, the company expects the decline to be more gradual in Q1’17, as the headwinds relating to yields reduce.

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