Chautauqua Sets All Time Record for Passengers and Load Factor!INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines Chautauqua Airlines is an airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services on more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, Canada and the Bahamas, through feeder services under the names Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, Inc., a US Airways Express US Airways Express is an airline brand name, rather than a fully certificated airline, and as such, the US Airways Express name is used by several individually owned airlines or airline holding companies which provide regional airline and commuter service for US Airways. carrier, reported that in September it flew a record number of revenue passengers and recorded the highest monthly load factor in its 25 year history. The 74,012 passengers flown in September 1998 exceeded the previous record set in June 1998 of 68,992 by 7.3 percent, and the load factor of 58.5 percent surpassed June 1998 by .8 load factor points. Chautauqua's Vice President of Marketing, John Presburg, stated, "We are very pleased with the increases in load factor we have experienced in the third quarter, and in particular in September, which are a direct result of the marketing and promotional initiatives we started in May." Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) flown for the month were up 23.6 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. (ASMs) were up 5.0 percent as compared to September 1997. RPMs for 1998 year-to-date are up 8.4 percent, while ASMs year-to-date were down 2.8 percent. Chautauqua Airlines, with hubs in Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, was recently purchased by Wexford Management LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a Greenwich, Conn.-based diversified investment company Diversified investment company An investment vehicle such as a mutual fund that invests in an assortment of securities. . It is one of nine US Airways Express carriers, with a fleet of 31 aircraft operating 211 daily flights to 25 communities in the Northeast and Midwest. Through its marketing affiliation with US Airways, Chautauqua Chau`tau´qua 1. a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y. customers receive through fares, reservation and ticketing services, advanced seat assignments and checked baggage This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. to their final destination. Members of US Airways award-winning Dividend Miles program earn 500 miles for every US Airways Express flight they take. Program miles can now be redeemed on American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the as well as US Airways. Chautauqua operates 12 state-of-the-art Saab 340 and 19 British Aerospace J-31 aircraft. -0-
Comparison - September 1998 to September 1997
September September % Change
'98 '97
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Passengers 74,012 60,895 21.5
Passengers Y-T-D 564,934 530,095 6.6
Load factor % 58.5 49.7 17.7
Load factor Y-T-D 52.4 47.0 11.5
RPMs 16,516,010 13,367,077 23.6
RPMs Y-T-D 125,077,150 115,366,297 8.4
ASMs 28,217,654 26,877,507 5.0
ASMs Y-T-D 238,664,740 245,459,778 (2.8)
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