Mesaba Aviation, Inc. Reports Capacity and Traffic for January 2007.MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. -- Mesaba Aviation, Inc., a subsidiary company of MAIR Holdings MAIR Holdings NASDAQ: MAIR is an airline holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Big Sky Airlines, has not been profitable since it was purchased by MAIR. History Started in 1993 as Mesaba Holdings, Inc., holding company for Mesaba Aviation, Inc. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MAIR MAIR Malfunction/Accident/Incident Report MAIR Motion Adaptive Intra Refresh (MPEG) ), today reported capacity and traffic for January. Mesaba Aviation flew 72.8 million 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) in January, which was down 61.9% year over year. Mesaba Aviation carried 173,496 passengers in the month, which was down 52.1% year over year generating 38.7 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Passenger load factor, representing capacity filled, decreased 9.7 points year over year to 53.2%. Separately, Mesaba Aviation announced its operating performance for the month of January:
January
2007 2006 Change
Completion Factor 97.5% 98.1% (0.6) pts.
Arrivals within 14 minutes 80.7% 83.2% (2.5) pts.
Following are capacity and traffic results:
January
FY2007 FY2006 Change
ASMs (000) 72,806 191,205 (61.9%)
RPMs (000) 38,732 120,213 (67.8%)
Load Factor 53.2% 62.9% (9.7) pts.
Passengers 173,496 362,446 (52.1%)
Fiscal Year to Date (10 Months)
FY2007 FY2006 Change
ASMs (000) 1,213,059 2,387,893 (49.2%)
RPMs (000) 816,950 1,610,194 (49.3%)
Load Factor 67.3% 67.4% (0.1) pts.
Passengers 2,884,425 4,773,244 (39.6%)
Calendar Year to Date (1 Month)
CY 2007 CY 2006 Change
ASMs (000) 72,806 191,205 (61.9%)
RPMs (000) 38,732 120,213 (67.8%)
Load Factor 53.2% 62.9% (9.7) pts.
Passengers 173,496 362,446 (52.1%)
Mesaba operates as a Northwest Jet Airlink and Airlink partner under service agreements with Northwest Airlines. The airline serves 72 cities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada from Northwest's and Mesaba Aviation's three major hubs: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Memphis. Mesaba Aviation operates an advanced fleet of regional jet and jet-prop aircraft, consisting of the 34 passenger Saab SF340 and the 50-passenger Canadair Regional Jet. Mesaba filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 13, 2005 and continues to operate as a debtor-in-possession. Mesaba maintains a web site at www.mesaba.com. Mesaba Airlines Mesaba Airlines is an American regional airline based in Eagan, Minnesota. The airline operates under Mesaba Aviation, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. All of its flights are operated under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of MAIR Holdings, Inc. MAIR Holdings, Inc. is traded under the symbol MAIR on the NASDAQ National Market. More information about Mesaba Airlines is available on the Internet at: http://www.mesaba.com |
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