ATA Reports October Traffic.Business Editors & Travel Writers INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001 American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Trans Air, Inc. (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ), the principal subsidiary of Amtran, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMTR AMTR Australian Music Teachers Register AMTR Annual Media and Technology Report AMTR Anterior Medial Temporal Resection AMTR Atlantic Missile Test Range ), today reported its October 2001 traffic results. System-wide for October 2001, compared with a year ago: revenue passenger miles Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in miles. (RPMs) decreased 12.7% to 787.1 million; available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. (ASMs) decreased 11.8% to 1.20 billion; and total block hours In aviation, block hours is the time between an aircraft leaving from the departure gate and ariving at the destination gate. flown decreased 8.3% to 14,732. In scheduled service for October 2001, as compared with October 2000: RPMs decreased 0.2% to 585.6 million; ASMs decreased 0.5% to 845.1 million; and passenger load factor increased 0.2 points to 69.3%. In charter service: ASMs decreased 30.5% to 353.3 million; and block hours flown decreased 35.5% to 2,688 in October 2001 as compared with October 2000. Amtran's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under symbol "AMTR". ATA, now in its 28th year of operation, is the nation's 10th largest passenger carrier based A transmission system that generates a fixed frequency (carrier) to contain the data being transmitted. See carrier. on revenue passenger miles and operates significant scheduled service from Chicago-Midway and Indianapolis and has a fleet of 53 aircraft, including 10 Boeing 737-800s, 5 Boeing 757-300s, 15 Boeing 757-200s, 8 Boeing 727-200s, and 15 Lockheed L-1011s The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as just L-1011 (pronounced "ell-ten-eleven"), was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to enter operation, following the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. . Chicago Express Chicago Express Airlines, Inc. (IATA: C8, ICAO: WDY, and Callsign: Windy City) was a regional airline formerly based at Chicago Midway International Airport located in Chicago, Illinois. It operated regional feeder services under the name ATA Connection. Airlines, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned commuter airline, operates 11 Saab 340Bs. The entire fleet is supported by the Company's own maintenance and engineering facilities in Indianapolis and Chicago-Midway and maintenance support stations worldwide. You can learn more about ATA by visiting its website at www.ata.com. Amtran Reports October Traffic The following are the carrier's October and year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. traffic figures for 2001 and 2000:
System-wide October October
2001 2000 Change
TOTAL
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 787,071 901,775 -12.7%
Available seat miles (000s) 1,198,419 1,359,362 -11.8%
Revenue passengers carried 571,558 623,090 -8.3%
Average passenger trip length (miles) 1,377 1,447 -4.8%
Block hours flown 14,732 16,060 -8.3%
CHARTER SERVICE
Available seat miles (000s) 353,283 508,541 -30.5%
Block hours flown 2,688 4,168 -35.5%
SCHEDULED SERVICE
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 585,633 587,021 -0.2%
Available seat miles (000s) 845,136 849,655 -0.5%
Passenger load factor 69.3% 69.1% 0.2 pts
Revenue passengers carried 517,918 500,977 3.4%
Average passenger trip length (miles) 1,131 1,172 -3.5%
Block hours flown 12,044 11,878 1.4%
SUBSERVICE
Block hours flown 0 14 nm
Year-to-date Year-to-date
2001 2000 Change
TOTAL
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 10,076,857 10,164,128 -0.9%
Available seat miles (000s) 13,781,844 13,934,985 -1.1%
Revenue passengers carried 7,380,477 6,745,506 9.4%
Average passenger trip length (miles) 1,365 1,507 -9.4%
Block hours flown 166,475 160,755 3.6%
CHARTER SERVICE
Available seat miles (000s) 4,172,919 5,540,189 -24.7%
Block hours flown 35,831 47,478 -24.5%
SCHEDULED SERVICE
Revenue passenger miles (000s) 7,376,036 6,481,635 13.8%
Available seat miles (000s) 9,600,570 8,348,472 15.0%
Passenger load factor 76.8% 77.6% -0.8 pts
Revenue passengers carried 6,131,191 5,114,197 19.9%
Average passenger trip length (miles) 1,203 1,267 -5.1%
Block hours flown 130,587 112,781 15.8%
SUBSERVICE
Block hours flown 57 496 -88.5%
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