Republic Airways Reports June 2011 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June 2011. The Company generated 1.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 3% decrease from the same month last year, while capacity remained unchanged at 2.3 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Block hours were 81,827 in June 2011, a decrease of 2% from June 2010. Consolidated load factor was 84% versus 86% in June 2010. Nearly 2.9 million passengers were carried during the month, a 4% reduction from the same month last year.

June
	2011	2010
	Total	Total	Change
RPMs (000s)	1,924,693	1,978,761	-3%
ASMs (000s)	2,295,756	2,298,163	0%
Block Hrs	81,827	83,557	-2%
LF %	84%	86%	(2) pp
Passengers	2,858,781	2,977,957	-4%

Quarter to Date
	2011	2010
	Total	Total	Change
RPMs (000s)	5,506,034	5,567,516	-1%
ASMs (000s)	6,736,295	6,726,160	0%
Block Hrs	244,109	246,195	-1%
LF %	82%	83%	(1) pp
Passengers	8,219,389	8,478,439	-3%

Year to Date
	2011	2010
	Total	Total	Change
RPMs (000s)	10,205,025	10,331,596	-1%
ASMs (000s)	13,072,805	13,175,068	-1%
Block Hrs	478,689	486,169	-2%
LF %	78%	78%	(0) pp
Passengers	15,214,358	15,508,070	-2%

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 offer scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,600 flights daily to 131 cities in 44 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 10,500 aviation professionals and operate 283 aircraft.