Air Wisconsin reports record August 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)--Sept. 7, 1995--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 August traffic. Passengers increased 5.4 percent over the same period in 1994. 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 70.4 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 59.4 percent from the same month in 1994. As a result, the passenger load factor for the month was 59.8 percent compared to 55.9 percent for August 1994, an increase of 3.9 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 August
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 50,139,866 29,433,431 70.4%
Available Seat Miles 83,869,722 52,614,066 59.4%
Passenger Load Factor 59.8 55.9 3.9pts.
Passengers Enplaned 160,083 151,838 5.4%
Year to Date
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 314,510,422 219,274,040 43.4%
Available Seat Miles 572,266,652 413,518,040 38.4%
Passenger Load Factor 55.0 53.0 2.0pts.
Passengers Enplaned 1,090,573 1,051,502 3.7%
CONTACT: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., Appleton Geoff Crowley, 414/749-4188 |
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