Alaska Air Group, the SeaTac-based parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, saw its passenger traffic jump by 8.5 percent last month, the company reports.
The company’s capacity, however, grew at a slightly quicker rate than its actual passenger traffic resulting in planes that were slightly less full in April than a year earlier. The two airlines combined filled 86.1 percent of their seats in April.
That figure compares with 86.4 percent in April 2012.
For the year through April, Alaska’s passenger traffic was up 8.9 percent.
In a recent earnings call, Alaska said its traffic for May was trending …