Great Lakes Aviation Traffic Down 10% in August
September 9, 2008
US-based airline Great Lakes Aviation has announced that its scheduled service has generated 13.7 million revenue passenger miles in August 2008, a decrease of 9.9%, compared to 15.2 million revenue passenger miles in the same period of 2007.
In August 2008, the airline’s capacity measured in available seat miles increased 9.9% to 32.2 million, compared to 29.3 million in the same period of 2007. As a result, load factor decreased 9.3 points to 42.54% from 51.88% in August 2007.
The passengers carried decreased 7.9% to 51,336, compared to 55,710 passengers in August 2007. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile increased 0.1% to 31.35 cents from 31.33 cents in August 2007.