Republic Airways Reports October 2010 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for October 2010. The Company generated 1.8 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 1% increase from the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) decreased by 1%. Block hours were 79,509 in October 2010, a 7% decline from October 2009. Consolidated load factor was 81% versus 79% in October 2009. Nearly 2.8 million passengers were carried during the month, a 1% decrease from the same month last year.

October
	2010	2009
	Total	Total	Change
RPMs (000s)	1,775,273	1,764,955	1%
ASMs (000s)	2,197,768	2,226,625	-1%
Block Hrs	79,509	85,351	-7%
LF %	81%	79%	2 pp
Passengers	2,776,692	2,797,581	-1%

Year to Date
	2010	2009
	Total	Total	Change
RPMs (000s)	17,887,038	9,587,524	87%
ASMs (000s)	22,325,640	12,764,036	75%
Block Hrs	817,161	629,249	30%
LF %	80%	75%	5 pp
Passengers	26,986,786	17,946,258	50%

Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, collectively “the airlines.” The airlines offer scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,600 flights daily to 127 cities in 42 states, Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee airline services agreements with five major U.S. airlines. The fixed-fee flights are operated under an airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 11,000 aviation professionals and operate 276 aircraft.