Alaska Air September air traffic rises (ALK) By Padraic Cassidy

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) said Wednesday its passenger traffic for September rose 6.2% to about 1.33 billion revenue passenger miles from the same month a year ago. Available seat miles rose 0.7% to 1.82 billion while the passenger load factor rose to 72.4% from 68.6%. The load factor at its Horizon Air subsidiary rose to 71.9% from 67.6%. Shares of Alaska Air rose 4 cents Tuesday to $29.39.