Republic Airways Reports a 64% Increase in August 2006 Traffic
Posted on: Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 09:00 CDT
Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ:RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2006. The company generated 625 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 64% increase over the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased to 850 million, a 49% increase. Block hours were 50,683 in August 2006, a 23.3% increase over August 2005. Load factor was 73.5% versus 66.9% in August 2005. A total of 1,185,862 passengers were carried during the month, a 47.8% increase over the same month last year. August ------ 2006 2005 Change ---- ---- ------ RPMs (000s) 624,750 381,478 63.8% ASMs (000s) 850,482 570,355 49.1% Block Hours 50,683 41,098 23.3% Load Factor 73.5% 66.9% 6.6 pp Passengers 1,185,862 802,398 47.8% Quarter to Date --------------- 2006 2005 Change ---- ---- ------ RPMs (000s) 1,273,288 794,505 60.3% ASMs (000s) 1,680,641 1,140,445 47.4% Block Hours 100,518 82,575 21.7% Load Factor 75.8% 69.7% 6.1 pp Passengers 2,414,112 1,654,979 45.9% Year to Date ------------ 2006 2005 Change ---- ---- ------ RPMs (000s) 4,383,556 2,884,914 51.9% ASMs (000s) 5,903,440 4,153,211 42.1% Block Hours 358,769 307,182 16.8% Load Factor 74.3% 69.5% 4.8 pp Passengers 8,297,489 6,038,545 37.4%
Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. The airlines offer scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,000 flights daily to 90 cities in 35 states, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas through airline services agreements with four major U.S. airlines. All of the airlines' flights are operated under their major airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Delta Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 3,400 aviation professionals and operate 168 regional jet aircraft including 73 E170 aircraft.
Source: Business Wire
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