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Republic Airways Reports February 2012 Traffic

Dépèche transmise le 6 mars 2012 par Business Wire

Republic Airways Reports February 2012 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2012. The Company generated 1.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), which was 8% higher than the same month last year, on an increase in capacity of 5% to 2.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Block hours were 73,277 in February 2012, an increase of 3% from February 2011. Consolidated load factor was 74% in February of 2012, versus 72% in the same month last year. Republic Airways carried 2.2 million passengers during the month, which was 5% higher than the prior 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 nearly 1,500 flights daily to 134 cities in 43 states, The Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 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 10,000 aviation professionals and operate 267 aircraft.