ExpressJet Posts 758 Million RPMs Under Contract Flying in June

ExpressJet Airlines has reported that its revenue passenger miles under contract flying totaled 758 million, and available seat miles flown were 937 million in June 2008.

Under contract flying, the load factor was 80.9% and the airline flew 63,438 block hours and operated 32,889 departures during June 2008.

During June 2008, ExpressJet’s branded revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totaled 187 million on 236 million available seat miles, resulting in a load factor of 79.2%.

The company flew 13,653 block hours and operated 7,167 departures during June 2008. The average stage length in the branded operation was 660 miles.

The contract operation consists of flying for Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines under capacity purchase agreements and ExpressJet’s charter service. The branded operation includes flying under the ExpressJet name and pro-rate flying for Delta.