Great Lakes Aviation Traffic Down in September
October 8, 2008
US-based airline Great Lakes Aviation has announced that its scheduled service has generated 12.88 million revenue passenger miles in September 2008, a decrease of 4.1%, compared to 13.43 million revenue passenger miles in the same period of 2007.
In September 2008, the airline’s capacity measured in available seat miles increased 21.5% to 32.49 million, compared to 26.75 million in the same period of 2007. As a result, load factor decreased 10.6 points to 39.63% from 50.21% in September 2007.
The passengers carried by the airline decreased 3.7% to 47,524, compared to 49,372 passengers in September 2007. Preliminary revenue per available seat mile increased 1.8% to 30.37 cents from 29.84 cents in September 2007.