Frontier mainline pax down 1.8%, PRASM down 14% in Sep-2009

Frontier Airlines passenger numbers down 1.8% - traffic highlights:

Sep-2009:

• Passenger numbers:
  • Mainline: 785,148, -1.8% year-on-year;
  • Lynx Aviation: 119,958, +31.8%;
• Load factor:
  • Mainline: 82.7%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Lynx Aviation: 76.7%, +14.9 ppts;
• Passenger revenue per ASM:
  • Mainline: -14%;

Three months ended 30-Sep-2009:

• Passenger numbers:
  • Mainline: 2.7 million, -7.7%;
  • Lynx Aviation: 373,270, +23.3%;
• Load factor:
  • Mainline: 87.9%, +2.1 ppts;
  • Lynx Aviation: 77.0%, +9.7 ppts. [more]

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