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Mesa Air Group, Inc. Reports January 2007 Traffic Including Go!, Hawaii's Low Fare Airline

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 18:35 CST

PHOENIX, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. today reported its preliminary traffic figures for January 2007. Year-over-year available seat miles increased 6.9% in January 2007 to 782 million, compared to 732 million in January 2006. Revenue passenger miles increased 7.6% from 500 million in 2006 to 538 million in 2007. Passenger enplanements increased 18.6% from 1,068,352 in January 2006 to 1,267,414 in January 2007.

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January was the eighth month of operation for Mesa's independent Hawaii division go! which recorded an overall completion factor of 100% and on time arrival rate of 96.3%. go!'s operations generated 12.9 million available seat miles, 7.6 million revenue passenger miles and 53,208 passenger enplanements, resulting in a load factor of 58.4%.

Based on monthly data published by the DOT, Mesa Airlines, operating as US Airways Express, ranked the number one on-time airline at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2006. Mesa flew 85.6% of all flights on-time and had a controllable completion rate in excess of 99%.

January Results Jan-07 Jan-06 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 537,740 499,770 7.6% Available Seat Miles (000) 782,157 731,742 6.9% Passengers Carried 1,267,414 1,068,352 18.6% Load Factor 68.7% 68.3% 0.5 pts Year-to-date Results YTD 07 YTD 06 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 537,740 499,770 7.6% Available Seat Miles (000) 782,157 731,742 6.9% Passengers Carried 1,267,414 1,068,352 18.6% Load Factor 68.7% 68.3% 0.5 pts

"We are very pleased with our January performance, especially considering the weather conditions in the east of the country during the month," said Mesa Air Group Chairman & CEO Jonathan Ornstein. "I wish to thank the Mesa Team for the great job in assisting our customers during the weather related disruptions." Ornstein went on to say, "I am particularly delighted that Mesa ranked number one on-time airline at Phoenix in 2006. This outstanding result is a tribute to the professionalism and dedication of our people throughout the country."

Mesa currently operates 198 aircraft with over 1,300 daily system departures to 173 cities, 43 states, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas. Mesa operates as America West Express, Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreement with America West, Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines, respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines. Effective June 9, 2006 Mesa launched interisland Hawaiian service as go! This new operation links Honolulu to the neighbor island airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona, and Lihue. The Company, founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000 employees. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association and Regional Aviation Partners. The Company was named 2005 Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World Magazine.

For further information regarding this press release visit our website at http://www.mesa-air.com/.

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Mesa Air Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Adam Wilensky of Mesa Air Group, Inc., +1-602-685-4455,adam.wilensky@mesa-air.com

Web site: http://www.mesa-air.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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