Frontier Airlines Reports November 2012 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for November 2012. For the month, Frontier’s load factor was flat at 88%. Frontier’s traffic decreased 9%, to 0.9 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) on a 9% decrease in capacity to 1.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 1.0 million passengers in November.

		November
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	816,147	846,911	-4%
	ASMs (000s)	919,823	952,616	-3%
	Block Hrs	16,467	17,509	-6%
	LF %	89%	89%	-
	Passengers	844,609	896,852	-6%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	96,875	153,741	-37%
	ASMs (000s)	114,643	189,759	-40%
	Block Hrs	3,659	6,995	-48%
	LF %	85%	81%	4 pts
	Passengers	171,100	256,576	-33%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	913,023	1,000,652	-9%
	ASMs (000s)	1,034,467	1,142,375	-9%
	Block Hrs	20,126	24,504	-18%
	LF %	88%	88%	-
	Passengers	1,015,709	1,153,428	-12%
		Quarter to Date
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	1,659,325	1,712,543	-3%
	ASMs (000s)	1,854,272	1,926,117	-4%
	Block Hrs	33,325	35,475	-6%
	LF %	89%	89%	-
	Passengers	1,733,760	1,829,429	-5%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	204,164	327,646	-38%
	ASMs (000s)	242,365	403,771	-40%
	Block Hrs	7,752	15,347	-49%
	LF %	84%	81%	3 pts
	Passengers	359,073	557,988	-36%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	1,863,489	2,040,189	-9%
	ASMs (000s)	2,096,637	2,329,888	-10%
	Block Hrs	41,077	50,822	-19%
	LF %	89%	88%	1 pt
	Passengers	2,092,833	2,387,417	-12%
		Year to Date
		2012	2011
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	9,733,882	9,395,450	4%
	ASMs (000s)	10,944,455	10,771,235	2%
	Block Hrs	197,157	200,591	-2%
	LF %	89%	87%	2 pts
	Passengers	9,837,908	9,681,561	2%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	1,441,688	2,463,044	-41%
	ASMs (000s)	1,759,516	3,045,564	-42%
	Block Hrs	58,240	122,078	-52%
	LF %	82%	81%	1 pt
	Passengers	2,389,369	4,078,052	-41%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	11,175,570	11,858,495	-6%
	ASMs (000s)	12,703,971	13,816,799	-8%
	Block Hrs	255,397	322,669	-21%
	LF %	88%	86%	2 pts
	Passengers	12,227,277	13,759,613	-11%

About Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM: RJET), an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 19th year of operations, Frontier offers service to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The airline employs more than 4,500 aviation professionals, operating from its hub at Denver International Airport. For in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, visit www.flyfrontier.com.