SkyWest, Inc. has reported combined January traffic for its SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) subsidiaries.
The two carriers recorded a 6.4% decrease in available seat miles (ASMs) for January, down to 1,723,838,782 from 1,841,971,990 in January 2009. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the respective periods decreased by 4.8% from 1,308,587,124 last January to 1,245,863,173 this year.
Load factor was up 1.3 percentage points to 72.3% compared with 71.0% for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for January totalled 2,444,573 a 3.2% decrease over January 2008's figure of 2,525,151.
Block hours also decreased by 6.4%, from 117,383 in January 2008 to 109,924, while departures fell to 68,588 in January from 71,731 last year, a 4.4% drop.
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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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