Air Wisconsin reports record October 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)--Nov. 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 October October: see month. 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 45.4 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 52.6 percent from the same month in 1994. As a result, the passenger load factor for the month was 51.9 percent compared to 54.5 percent for October 1994, a decrease of 2.6 points. Year to date revenue passenger miles are up 44 percent and available seat miles increased 41 percent resulting in a 1 point improvement in load factor. Passengers are up almost 2 percent year over year. 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 October
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 42,039,116 28,904,501 45.4% Available Seat Miles 80,936,388 53,026,116 52.6% Passenger Load Factor 51.9 54.5 -2.6pts. Passengers Enplaned 129,423 139,458 -7.2%
Year to Date
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1995 1994 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles 397,392,852 275,769,815 44.1% Available Seat Miles 732,794,694 518,088,502 41.4% Passenger Load Factor 54.2 53.2 1.0pts. Passengers Enplaned 1,349,388 1,325,866 1.8% CONTACT: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., Appleton Geoff Crowley, 414/749-4188 |
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