Republic Airways November Traffic up 2%

Republic Airways Holdings RJET, today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for November 2011. The Company generated 1.7 billion revenue passenger miles, which was 2% higher than the same month last year, on a decrease in capacity of 2% at 2.0 billion available seat miles. Block hours were 74,072 in November 2011, a decrease of 3% from November 2010. Consolidated load factor was 81% in November of 2011 versus 78% in the same month last year. Republic Airways carried 2.5 million passengers during the month, which was essentially unchanged from the same month last year.