Air Wisconsin reports record May 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)--June 6, 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 May 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 64.7 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 46.0 percent from the same month in 1994. As a result, the passenger load factor for the month was 56.4 percent compared to 50 percent for May 1994, an increase of 6.4 points. Passenger enplanements decreased 3.2 percent due to longer aircraft stage lengths. 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 May
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue passenger miles 40,783,879 24,768,175 64.7%
Available seat miles 72,364,548 49,579,096 46.0%
Passenger load factor 56.4 50.0 6.4 pts.
Passengers enplaned 118,910 122,904 -3.2%
Year to date
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue passenger miles 172,907,634 132,939,552 30.1%
Available seat miles 333,839,982 260,485,962 28.2%
Passenger load factor 51.8 51.0 0.8 pts.
Passengers enplaned 638,329 612,856 4.2%
CONTACT: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., Appleton Geoff Crowley, 414/749-4188 |
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