Republic Airways Reports August 2012 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2012. The Company generated approximately 1.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), 3% less than the same month last year, on a 6% decrease in capacity to 2.2 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Block hours were 79,939, a decrease of 4% from August 2011. Consolidated load factor was 86% versus 84% in the same month last year. Republic Airways carried 2.8 million passengers during the month, a decrease of 2% from the prior year.

Aug
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
	RPMs (000s)	1,907,526	1,975,866	-3%
	ASMs (000s)	2,225,750	2,358,722	-6%
	Block Hrs	79,939	82,950	-4%
	LF %	86%	84%	2 pts
	Passengers	2,854,302	2,922,155	-2%
Quarter to Date
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
	RPMs (000s)	3,865,908	3,997,925	-3%
	ASMs (000s)	4,492,007	4,736,807	-5%
	Block Hrs	159,810	166,864	-4%
	LF %	86%	84%	2 pts
	Passengers	5,701,104	5,901,532	-3%
Year to Date
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
	RPMs (000s)	14,017,958	14,202,951	-1%
	ASMs (000s)	17,253,697	17,809,612	-3%
	Block Hrs	616,403	645,913	-5%
	LF %	81%	80%	1 pt
	Passengers	20,573,097	21,115,890	-3%

Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, collectively “the airlines.” The airlines operate a combined fleet of 281 aircraft as of Aug. 31, 2012, and offer scheduled passenger service on nearly 1,500 flights daily to 137 cities in 47 states, the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and the Turks and Caicos islands under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee airline services agreements with four major U.S. airlines. The fixed-fee flights are operated under airline partner brands, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 10,000 aviation professionals. For more information on Republic Airways, please visit our website at www.rjet.com.