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Alaska Air Group reported third-quarter net income of $274 million, up from $198 million in the third quarter of 2014.
Passenger revenue increased 4 percent year over year to $1.3 billion. Traffic increased 7.7 percent, and capacity increased 8.2 percent, meaning load factor dropped 0.4 percentage points to 85.6 percent. Passenger revenue per available seat mile declined 4 percent, and yield declined 3.5 percent.