Republic Airways Reports September 2012 Traffic
Republic Airways Reports September 2012 Traffic
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Republic Airways Holdings (Nasdaq: RJET) , today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for September 2012. The Company generated approximately 1.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), 5% less than the same month last year, on a 7% decrease in capacity to 2.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Block hours were 72,391, a decrease of 5% from September 2011. Consolidated load factor was 82% versus 80% in the same month last year. Republic Airways carried 2.5 million passengers during the month, a decrease of 5% from the prior year.
September | ||||||
2012 | 2011 | |||||
Total | Total | Change | ||||
RPMs (000s) | 1,616,165 | 1,696,906 | -5% | |||
ASMs (000s) | 1,979,808 | 2,126,095 | -7% | |||
Block Hrs | 72,391 | 76,582 | -5% | |||
LF % | 82% | 80% | 2 pts | |||
Passengers | 2,480,323 | 2,597,279 | -5% | |||
Quarter to Date | ||||||
2012 | 2011 | |||||
Total | Total | Change | ||||
RPMs (000s) | 5,482,073 | 5,694,832 | -4% | |||
ASMs (000s) | 6,471,815 | 6,862,902 | -6% | |||
Block Hrs | 232,201 | 243,446 | -5% | |||
LF % | 85% | 83% | 2 pts | |||
Passengers | 8,181,427 | 8,498,811 | -4% | |||
Year to Date | ||||||
2012 | 2011 | |||||
Total | Total | Change | ||||
RPMs (000s) | 15,634,124 | 15,899,857 | -2% | |||
ASMs (000s) | 19,233,505 | 19,935,707 | -4% | |||
Block Hrs | 688,794 | 722,495 | -5% | |||
LF % | 81% | 80% | 1 pt | |||
Passengers | 23,053,420 | 23,713,169 | -3% | |||
Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, collectively "the airlines." The airlines operate a combined fleet of more than 280 aircraft and offer scheduled passenger service on nearly 1,500 flights daily to over 135 cities in the U.S. as well as to the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and the Turks and Caicos Islands under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee flights operated under airline partner brands, including AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 10,000 aviation professionals. For more information on Republic Airways, please visit our website at www.rjet.com.
Republic Airways Holdings
Margaret Miller, 317-246-2628
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