INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for December 2010. Frontier's traffic increased 2% to 976 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs) while capacity was slightly down to 1.22 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.1 million passengers in December, holding steady from December 2009. Frontier achieved its tenth consecutive record monthly load factor this month. December's load factor was 80% compared to 77% in the same month last year.
December 2010 2009 Total Total Change RPMs (000s) 976,349 954,696 2% ASMs (000s) 1,222,567 1,234,341 -1% Block Hrs 29,854 32,871 -9% LF % 80% 77% 3 pp Passengers 1,131,194 1,125,082 1% Quarter to Date 2010 2009 Total Total Change RPMs (000s) 2,938,208 2,838,744 4% ASMs (000s) 3,617,389 3,612,176 0% Block Hrs 88,167 95,513 -8% LF % 81% 79% 4 pp Passengers 3,436,759 3,416,605 1%
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., 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 and Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport. Frontier offers routes to more than 70 destinations in the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.
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Republic Airways Holdings Media Contact: Carlo Bertolini, 317-484-6069 or IR Contact: Timothy Dooley, 317-487-4308
Source: Frontier Airlines
