Air Wisconsin reports record April traffic.APPLETON Appleton, city (1990 pop. 65,695), seat of Outagamie co., E Wis., on the Fox River near its exit from the northern end of Lake Winnebago, in a dairying and stockraising region; inc. 1857. , Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1996--Air Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee Airlines Corp., operating as United Express, reported its April traffic. 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. increased 21.2 percent while 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. increased 15.5 percent from the same month in 1995. As a result, the passenger load factor for the month was 51.9 percent compared to 49.5 percent for April 1995, an increase of 2.4 points. Air Wisconsin Air Wisconsin is an airline based in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, or AWAC, is the largest privately held regional and commuter airline which operates regional jet flights as US Airways Express under contract to US Airways, serving around 70 Airlines Corp. operates 14 BAe 146 jets as United Express feeding United's Chicago and Denver hubs. -0-
TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Month of April
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1996 1995 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 40,707,611 33,597,364 21.2% Available Seat Miles 78,388,666 67,868,510 15.5% Passenger Load Factor 51.9 49.5 2.4pts. Passengers Enplaned 141,560 112,727 25.6%
Year to Date
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1996 1995 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 157,459,962 132,123,755 19.2% Available Seat Miles 324,274,450 261,424,758 24.0% Passenger Load Factor 48.6 50.5 -1.9pts. Passengers Enplaned 582,582 519,321 12.2% CONTACT: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., Appleton Geoff Crowley, 414/749-4188 |
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