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Press ReleaseSource: Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for March 2008
Friday April 4, 9:00 am ET
Airline Achieves Record Load Factor for March
DENVER, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. today announced preliminary traffic results for March 2008 for both Frontier's mainline operation as well as its wholly owned subsidiary, Lynx Aviation. Lynx Aviation commenced revenue service in December 2007. As such, only the current month, fiscal year ended and three months ended March 31, 2008 for the current year are presented for Lynx Aviation in the text and table below.
Mainline Results
Mainline revenue passenger miles increased 14.7 percent to 942,369,000 for March 2008 from the same period last year. Mainline available seat miles increased 4.5 percent to 1,117,237,000 for March 2008 from the same period last year. This resulted in a record mainline load factor for March 2008 of 84.4 percent, an increase of 7.6 points from March 2007, when the airline reported a mainline load factor of 76.8 percent. The airline carried 953,078 mainline passengers during March 2008, a 10.1 percent increase from March 2007. The airline reported mainline passenger yield of 11.81 cents for the month of March 2008, an increase of 0.7 percent from the same period last year. Its mainline passenger revenue per available seat mile was 9.96 cents, up .95 or 10.5 percent from March 2007.
"The results posted for the month of March are reflective of the progressive changes we are making in realigning our network to drive traffic and revenue improvements," said Sean Menke, President and CEO. "Our mainline unit revenue performance for March, as well as the quarter, is the best we have had in over five years. I am extremely proud of the efforts put forth by the Frontier team in establishing record traffic, revenue and load factor for the month."
Lynx Aviation Results
For March 2008, Lynx Aviation reported revenue passenger miles of 38,332,000 and available seat miles of 54,082,000. This resulted in a load factor for March 2008 of 70.9 percent. Lynx Aviation carried 86,594 passengers during March 2008, generating passenger yield of 19.38 cents. Lynx Aviation passenger revenue per available seat mile was 13.74 cents and its average length of haul was 443 miles for March 2008.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080404/laf021.html?.v=101
Press ReleaseSource: Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for March 2008
Friday April 4, 9:00 am ET
Airline Achieves Record Load Factor for March
DENVER, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. today announced preliminary traffic results for March 2008 for both Frontier's mainline operation as well as its wholly owned subsidiary, Lynx Aviation. Lynx Aviation commenced revenue service in December 2007. As such, only the current month, fiscal year ended and three months ended March 31, 2008 for the current year are presented for Lynx Aviation in the text and table below.
Mainline Results
Mainline revenue passenger miles increased 14.7 percent to 942,369,000 for March 2008 from the same period last year. Mainline available seat miles increased 4.5 percent to 1,117,237,000 for March 2008 from the same period last year. This resulted in a record mainline load factor for March 2008 of 84.4 percent, an increase of 7.6 points from March 2007, when the airline reported a mainline load factor of 76.8 percent. The airline carried 953,078 mainline passengers during March 2008, a 10.1 percent increase from March 2007. The airline reported mainline passenger yield of 11.81 cents for the month of March 2008, an increase of 0.7 percent from the same period last year. Its mainline passenger revenue per available seat mile was 9.96 cents, up .95 or 10.5 percent from March 2007.
"The results posted for the month of March are reflective of the progressive changes we are making in realigning our network to drive traffic and revenue improvements," said Sean Menke, President and CEO. "Our mainline unit revenue performance for March, as well as the quarter, is the best we have had in over five years. I am extremely proud of the efforts put forth by the Frontier team in establishing record traffic, revenue and load factor for the month."
Lynx Aviation Results
For March 2008, Lynx Aviation reported revenue passenger miles of 38,332,000 and available seat miles of 54,082,000. This resulted in a load factor for March 2008 of 70.9 percent. Lynx Aviation carried 86,594 passengers during March 2008, generating passenger yield of 19.38 cents. Lynx Aviation passenger revenue per available seat mile was 13.74 cents and its average length of haul was 443 miles for March 2008.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080404/laf021.html?.v=101