Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ:
RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for March 2011.
Frontier’s traffic increased 2% to 1.11 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPMs) while capacity was also up 2% to 1.32 billion available seat
miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.26 million passengers in March,
a slight increase from March 2010. Frontier also achieved its thirteenth
consecutive record monthly load factor this month. March’s load factor
was 84.4% compared to 84.1% in the same month last year.
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March
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2011
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2010
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Total
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Total
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Change
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RPMs (000s)
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1,114,496
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1,089,772
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2%
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ASMs (000s)
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1,320,856
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1,295,198
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2%
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Block Hrs
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31,998
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33,279
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LF %
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84%
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84%
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Passengers
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1,255,942
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1,253,272
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0%
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Year to Date
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2011
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2010
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Total
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Total
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Change
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RPMs (000s)
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2,874,205
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2,799,513
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3%
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ASMs (000s)
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3,644,100
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3,696,696
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-1%
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Block Hrs
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89,350
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96,059
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-7%
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LF %
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79%
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76%
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3 pp
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Passengers
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3,245,040
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3,211,375
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1%
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Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RJET
- News),
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, Kansas City International Airport, and Omaha’s Eppley Airfield.
Frontier offers routes to more than 70 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.
