Republic Airways Holdings has reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2009 which show the load factor down by 3.1 percentage points.
The company generated 871.8 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 0.3% decrease from the same month last year (871.0 million), while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.9% to 1,185 million from 1,140 million. This resulted in the load factor dropping to 73.6% from 76.7% in March 2008.
Block hours were 62,707 in March 2009, a 4.2% decrease from March 2008. A total of 1,706,837 passengers were carried during the month, a 1.9% increase from the same month last year, when 1,674,324 embarked.
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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