Great Lakes Aviation Scheduled Monthly Traffic Down
August 8, 2008
US-based airline Great Lakes Aviation has announced that its scheduled service generated 14.01 million revenue passenger miles in July 2008, a decrease of 6%, compared to 14.9 million revenue passenger miles in the same month of 2007.
The airline’s capacity measured in available seat miles increased 11.8% to 32.27 million, compared to 28.86 million in July 207. As a result, load factor decreased 8.2 points to 43.4%, compared to 51.62% in July 2007.
The number of passengers carried decreased 3.7% to 52,639, compared to 54,654 passengers in July 2007. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile increased 3.1% from 30.97 cents to 31.94 cents in July 2008.