Alaska Air Group Inc said its AlaskaAirlines unit's February load factor fell to 49 pct from 51 pct
during the same month last year and its year-to-date load
factor was 49 pct, down from 50 a year ago.
    February revenue passenger miles fell to 171.7 mln from 
179 mln and year-to-date revenue miles dropped to 361.5 mln
from 377.4 mln.
    Available seat miles for the month totaled 352.8 mln, up
from 348.1 mln and for the two-month period available miles
declined to 745.3 mln from the 751.7 mln reported for the same
period of 1986, Alaska Air Group said.
 Reuter
