Frontier Airlines Reports October 2012 Traffic

BY Business Wire | 11/06/12 - 06:09 PM EST

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Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for October 2012. For the month, Frontier’s load factor increased one percentage point to 90% compared to October 2011. Frontier’s traffic decreased 9%, to 0.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs); capacity decreased 11%, to 1.1 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.1 million passengers in October.


		October
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	843,178	865,632	-3%
	ASMs (000s)	934,449	973,501	-4%
	Block Hrs	16,858	17,965	-6%
	LF %	90%	89%	1 pt
	Passengers	889,151	932,577	-5%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	107,289	173,905	-38%
	ASMs (000s)	127,721	214,013	-40%
	Block Hrs	4,093	8,352	-51%
	LF %	84%	81%	3 pts
	Passengers	187,973	301,412	-38%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	950,467	1,039,537	-9%
	ASMs (000s)	1,062,170	1,187,513	-11%
	Block Hrs	20,951	26,318	-20%
	LF %	89%	88%	1 pt
	Passengers	1,077,124	1,233,989	-13%


		Year to Date
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	8,917,735	8,548,540	4%
	ASMs (000s)	10,024,632	9,818,619	2%
	Block Hrs	180,690	183,081	-1%
	LF %	89%	87%	2 pts
	Passengers	8,993,299	8,784,709	2%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	1,344,813	2,309,303	-42%
	ASMs (000s)	1,644,873	2,855,805	-42%
	Block Hrs	54,581	115,083	-53%
	LF %	82%	81%	1 pt
	Passengers	2,218,269	3,821,476	-42%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	10,262,547	10,857,843	-5%
	ASMs (000s)	11,669,504	12,674,424	-8%
	Block Hrs	235,271	298,164	-21%
	LF %	88%	86%	2 pts
	Passengers	11,211,568	12,606,185	-11%

About Frontier AirlinesFrontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET), an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 19th year of operations, Frontier offers service to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The airline employs more than 4,500 aviation professionals, operating from its hub at Denver International Airport. For in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, visit www.flyfrontier.com.

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