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Monday, January 5, 2009

Republic Airways in 2008

For 2008, RJET posted a 13 percent growth in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) to 9.7 billion and a 14.7 percent growth in available seat miles (ASMs) to 13.2 billion. It flew 8.9 percent more block hours at 740,243 with a 1.1 point drop in load factor to 73.4 percent. Passenger loads grew by 16.1 percent for 2008 to 18,915,618.
For December, the company generated 783.4 million (RPMs) in December, a 6.2 percent increase over the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 4.1 percent. Block hours, however, were down 3.8 percent year over year to 60,657. Load factor was 70.7 percent versus 69.3 percent in December 2007. A total of 1,507,744 passengers were carried during the month, a 6.1 percent increase from the same month last year.