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Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. January 1999 Traffic Results.


ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999--ASA Holdings, Inc.'s (ASAI ASAI Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland
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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 78.8 million revenue passenger miles during January 1999, a 16.9 per cent increase over the same period last year, according to according to
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 Ronald V. Sapp, a senior vice president for the Atlanta-based airline. ASA's load factor was 46.3 per cent compared to 46.9 per cent during January 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 170.0 million from 143.8 million, an 18.2 per cent increase. The Company enplaned 301,095 passengers, a 13.2 per cent increase over the previous January.

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January 1999 vs 1998
                             1999        1998       Variance     %
                             ----        ----       --------     -

    Passenger               301,095     266,068      35,027    13.2%
    RPMs                 78,772,950  67,387,437  11,385,513    16.9%
    ASMs                169,964,512 143,791,420  26,173,092    18.2%
    Departures               16,825      15,270       1,555    10.2%
    Load Factor                46.3%      46.9%     (0.6pts)   ----
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