Air Wisconsin reports record June 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)--July 5, 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 record June June: see month. passenger traffic of 45.4 million 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. , which was 63.3 percent more than the same month last year on 53.4 percent more capacity. Load factor also reached a new monthly record at 61.5 percent, up 3.8 points over the same month last year. The number of passengers boarded increased 3.6 percent. For the first six months of 1995, traffic has risen 35.8 percent on 32.1 percent more capacity, boosting the load factor 1.5 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 Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. and Denver hubs. -0-
Traffic Statistics
Month of June
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue passenger miles 45,433,517 27,817,208 63.3% Available seat miles 73,855,988 48,162,996 53.4% Passenger load factor 61.5 57.8 3.8 pts. Passengers enplaned 142,750 137,780 3.6%
Year to date
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue passenger miles 218,341,151 160,756,760 35.8% Available seat miles 407,635,694 308,648,958 32.1% Passenger load factor 53.6 52.1 1.5 pts. Passengers enplaned 780,918 750,636 4.0% CONTACT: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., Appleton Geoff Crowley, 414/749-4188 |
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