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Republic Airways Reports September 2011 Traffic

Dépèche transmise le 5 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for September 2011. The Company generated 1.7 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 2% decrease from the same month last year, while capacity was down 3% at 2.1 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Block hours were 76,582 in September 2011, a decrease of 4% from September 2010. Consolidated load factor was 80% in September of 2011 versus 79% in the same month last year. Republic Airways carried 2.6 million passengers during the month, a 2% reduction from the same month last year.

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 offer scheduled passenger service on over 1,500 flights daily to 126 cities in 43 states, Canada, Jamaica, Costa Rica, The Bahamas, and Mexico under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee airline services agreements with five major U.S. airlines. The fixed-fee flights are operated under an airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 10,500 aviation professionals and operate 279 aircraft.