INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for May 2011. Frontier’s traffic increased 4% to 1.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) while capacity was up 1% to 1.3 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.3 million passengers in May, a 4% increase from May 2010. Frontier also achieved its fourteenth consecutive record monthly load factor this month. May’s load factor was 88% compared to 85% in the same month last year.
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May |
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| 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| Total | Total | Change | ||||||||||
| RPMs (000s) | 1,140,172 | 1,092,959 | 4% | |||||||||
| ASMs (000s) | 1,298,906 | 1,291,418 | 1% | |||||||||
| Block Hrs | 31,170 | 32,464 | -4% | |||||||||
| LF % | 88% | 85% | 3 pp | |||||||||
| Passengers | 1,330,431 | 1,278,468 | 4% | |||||||||
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Quarter to Date |
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| 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| Total | Total | Change | ||||||||||
| RPMs (000s) | 2,192,743 | 2,129,732 | 3% | |||||||||
| ASMs (000s) | 2,549,372 | 2,550,081 | 0% | |||||||||
| Block Hrs | 61,376 | 64,488 | -5% | |||||||||
| LF % | 86% | 84% | 2 pp | |||||||||
| Passengers | 2,514,727 | 2,473,940 | 2% | |||||||||
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Year to Date |
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| 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| Total | Total | Change | ||||||||||
| RPMs (000s) | 5,066,948 | 4,929,245 | 3% | |||||||||
| ASMs (000s) | 6,193,472 | 6,246,777 | -1% | |||||||||
| Block Hrs | 150,726 | 160,547 | -6% | |||||||||
| LF % | 82% | 79% |
3 pp |
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| Passengers | 5,759,767 | 5,685,315 | 1% | |||||||||
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RJET), an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 17th year of operations, Frontier employs more than 5,500 aviation professionals and operates more than 550 daily flights from its hubs at Denver International Airport, Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport, and Kansas City International Airport. Frontier offers routes to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.
For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, please visit our website at FrontierAirlines.com.