MBDA navigates supply chain pressures amidst increased demand for armaments
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
American Eagle and Executive Airlines April traffic announced
American Eagle Airlines has reported April 2009 traffic figures for itself and its wholly-owned subsidiary Executive Airlines.
American Eagle's revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month totalled 595,885,000, a drop of 6.2% compared with 635,565,000 in April 2008. Capacity, in available seat miles (ASMs), was down 8.8% to 808,144,000 from 886,578,000.
This resulted in a load factor of 73.7%, 2.0 percentage points (pp) up on April 2008's 71.7%, while carrying 1,308,300 passengers, down 8.1% from 1,423,142 passengers carried in April last year.
Executive Airlines' RPMs reached 48,546,000, an increase of 4.9% over last April's figure of 46,264,000. Capacity (ASMs) grew by 3.8% to 79,575,000 from 76,679,000 resulting in a load factor of 61.0%, slightly up (by 0.7 pp) on the 60.3% achieved in April 2008.
The airline carried 237,014 in April 2009, up 9.7% on last April's 216,044 passengers transported.
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