SkyWest reports increase in statistics for November

St. George-based SkyWest Inc. on Tuesday reported a 12.2 percent increase in revenue passenger miles last month, while available seat miles increased 8.3 percent compared to the same period last year.

The combined November traffic for subsidiaries SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines was approximately 1.3 billion revenue passenger miles, while available seat miles increased to approximately 1.7 billion.

Load factor was up 2.6 percentage points to 76.7 percent compared to 74.1 percent for the same period last year, the company said. Passenger boardings for November totaled 2.5 million, a 5 percent increase over November 2005.