January 09. 2012 2:00AM - Last modified: March 15. 2012 12:08PM

Frontier Airlines reports strong December

By Jim Butman

Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, today reported that its December traffic increased 7 percent to 1.0 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs), while capacity was flat, at 1.2 billion available seat miles (ASMs).

Frontier Airlines served 1.2 million passengers in December, a 4-percent increase from December 2010. December had a load factor of 85 percent compared with 80 percent in the same month of the previous year. It was Frontier's sixth consecutive record monthly load factor.

"Frontier demonstrated exceptional performance in December," said Republic chief executive officer Bryan Bedford. "Despite an 11-percent decrease in block hours from last year, we scheduled our fleet efficiently to maintain stable capacity and achieve revenue gains. We anticipate solid fourth quarter results."

Frontier operates a hub in Milwaukee.


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