Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. April 1999 Traffic Results.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1999-- ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ/NM: ASAI ASAI Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland ASAI American Society of Architectural Illustrators ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASAI Average Service Availability Index ASAI African Sky Art Institute ASAI Aortic Stenosis and Aortic Insufficiency ) Atlantic Southeast Airlines For the defunct low-fare airline, see . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is a fully certificated American airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. , Inc. flew 103.2 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. during April 1999, a 19.7 percent increase over the same period last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ronald V. Sapp, a senior vice president for the Atlanta-based airline. ASA's load factor was 55.6 percent compared with 56.3 percent during April 1998. 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 to 185.7 million from 153.0 million, a 21.4 percent increase. The Company enplaned 377,375 passengers, a 12.1 percent increase over the previous April. "We are pleased with April traffic as the 377,375 passengers enplaned during the month set a monthly boarding record for the Company for the second month in a row," Sapp said. On a year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. basis, ASA carried 1,365,362 passengers compared with 1,205,676 during 1998, a 13.2 percent increase. Revenue passenger miles totaled 366.0 million compared with 307.4 million, a 19.1 percent increase. Available seat miles increased 22.6 percent from 576.2 million to 706.1 million. The load factor on a year-to-date basis was 51.8 percent compared with 53.4 percent during the previous year. ASA Holdings, Inc. operates Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Atlanta's largest regional air carrier, and offers service to 18 markets from a second hub in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. ASA's stock is traded in the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market under the symbol ASAI. -0-
April 1999 vs. 1998
1999 1998 Variance %
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Passengers 377,375 336,514 40,861 12.1%
RPMs 103,159,307 86,207,440 16,951,867 19.7%
ASMs 185,670,256 153,003,856 32,666,400 21.4%
Departures 17,632 16,424 1,208 7.4%
Load Factor 55.6% 56.3% (0.7pts) ----
January - April 1999 vs. 1998
1999 1998 Variance %
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Passengers 1,365,362 1,205,676 159,686 13.2%
RPMs 365,971,191 307,384,020 58,587,171 19.1%
ASMs 706,099,200 576,151,416 129,947,784 22.6%
Departures 68,483 62,095 6,388 10.3%
Load Factor 51.8% 53.4% (1.6pts) ----
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