New UK-EU defence pact misses concrete details despite ambitious “first step”
Given the geopolitical gravity, analysts have said the defence and security agreement established falls short of what is needed for future UK-EU co-operation.
ExpressJet reports January 2010 traffic results
ExpressJet Holdings has reported performance figures for ExpressJet Airlines in January 2010.
During the month, ExpressJet revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totalled 611 million, a 15% increase on the 530 million RPMs achieved in January 2009. Available seat miles (ASM) flown were 849 million, 9% up on last January’s 777 million.
ExpressJet's January load factor, operating as Continental Express, was 72%, compared with 69.2% in the same month last year, a rise of 3.8 percentage points.
The company flew 54,867 block hours and operated 28,863 departures during the month as Continental Express. ExpressJet operated an average of 210 aircraft within its Continental Express operation during January 2010.
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