Frontier Airlines reports November 2008 traffic
Frontier Airlines Holdings has announced preliminary traffic results for November 2008 for both Frontier's mainline operation as well as its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lynx Aviation. Lynx began revenue service with its Bombardier Q400s in December 2007, so only the current month, fiscal year-to-date and calendar year-to-date are presented for the carrier.
Mainline results show that in November 2008, Frontier Airlines had a load factor of 78.5%, an increase of 0.4 points over November 2007. Revenue passenger miles decreased by 14.9% to 671,655,000 and available seat miles were down 15.2% to 855,572,000 from the same period last year. The airline carried 756,435 passengers, a 9.1% decrease from November 2007.
Lynx Aviation reported revenue passenger miles of 26,291,000 and available seat miles of 49,064,000 in November, resulting in a load factor of 53.6%. The airline carried 70,933 passengers during the month.