Frontier Airlines Reports August 2011 Traffic

Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ/NM: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for August 2011. Frontier's traffic increased 2%, to 1.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), while capacity was down 1%, at 1.4 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.5 million passengers in August, a 4% increase from August 2010. August had a load factor of 90% compared to 88% in the same month last year. It was Frontier's second consecutive record monthly load factor.

August 2011 2010 Total Total Change RPMs (000s) 1,234,053 1,213,869 2% ASMs (000s) 1,371,482 1,383,669 -1% Block Hrs 31,268 33,875 -8% LF % 90% 88% 2 pp Passengers 1,458,249 1,405,050 4% Quarter to Date 2011 2010 Total Total Change RPMs (000s) 2,502,371 2,474,430 1% ASMs (000s) 2,747,531 2,763,271 -1% Block Hrs 62,905 67,906 -7% LF % 91% 90% 1 pp Passengers 2,946,830 2,862,269 3% Year to Date 2011 2010 Total Total Change RPMs (000s) 8,767,405 8,612,553 2% ASMs (000s) 10,271,458 10,347,672 -1% Block Hrs 244,567 261,812 -7% LF % 85% 83% 2 pp Passengers 10,105,805 9,964,093 1%

Frontier 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 18th year of operations, Frontier employs more than 5,500 aviation professionals and operates more than 500 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.

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