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Republic Airways Reports March 2009 Traffic

Dépèche transmise le 2 avril 2009 par Business Wire

Republic Airways Reports March 2009 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ/NM: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2009. The company generated 871.8 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 0.3% decrease from the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.9%. Block hours were 62,707 in March 2009, a 4.2% decrease from March 2008. Load factor was 73.6% versus 76.7% in March 2008. A total of 1,706,837 passengers were carried during the month, a 1.9% increase from the same month last year.

Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. The airlines offer scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,300 flights daily to 106 cities in 36 states, Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica through airline services agreements with seven U.S. airlines. All of the airlines’ flights are operated under their airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express, Midwest Connect, Mokulele Airlines and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 4,500 aviation professionals and operate 221 regional jets.