Republic Airways Reports May 2013 Traffic

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Republic Airways Reports May 2013 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Republic Airways Holdings (NAS: RJET) , today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for May 2013. The Company generated approximately 1.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a decrease of 1% from May 2012, on a 2% reduction in capacity. Block hours were 6% greater than the same period in 2012. Consolidated load factor increased one point to 84% from May 2012. Republic Airways carried 2.8 million passengers in May, an 8% increase from the prior year.

May

2013

2012

Total

Total

Change

RPMs (000s)

1,735,110

1,752,744

-1%

ASMs (000s)

2,057,013

2,107,132

-2%

Block Hrs

80,265

75,440

6%

LF %

84%

83%

1 pt

Passengers

2,813,947

2,604,178

8%

Quarter to Date

2013

2012

Total

Total

Change

RPMs (000s)

3,318,121

3,447,772

-4%

ASMs (000s)

4,017,051

4,221,592

-5%

Block Hrs

157,562

150,958

4%

LF %

83%

82%

1 pt

Passengers

5,369,505

5,106,766

5%

Year to Date

2013

2012

Total

Total

Change

RPMs (000s)

7,913,239

8,288,412

-5%

ASMs (000s)

9,807,182

10,591,068

-7%

Block Hrs

382,484

380,583

0%

LF %

81%

78%

3 pts

Passengers

12,544,369

12,142,192

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 285 aircraft and offer scheduled passenger service on nearly 1,500 flights daily to over 146 cities in the U.S. as well as to the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and Turks and Caicos Islands under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee flights operated under airline partner brands, including AmericanConnection, 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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