HONOLULU – go! Mokulele today reported preliminary traffic figures for October 2010 and noted it generated 11.04 million available seat miles and 7.48 million revenue passenger miles versus 12.71 million available seat miles and 8.23 million revenue passenger miles in October 2009. go! Mokulele recorded a 67.75% percent load factor compared to 64.81% percent for the same period in 2009 while passenger enplanements were 58,143 compared to 61,746 passengers carried in October 2009.

 

October Results

Oct-10

Oct-09

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000)

7,483

8,236

-9.14%

Available Seat Miles (000)

11,045

12,708

-13.08%

Passengers Carried

58,143

61,746

-5.84%

Load Factor

67.75%

64.81%

2.94%

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date Results

YTD 10

YTD 09

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000)

73,104

86,334

-15.32%

Available Seat Miles (000)

108,735

129,031

-15.73%

Passengers Carried

559,870

605,601

-7.55%

Load Factor

67.23%

66.91%

0.32%

“While traffic is lower than last year, we are seeing improvements. Year-to-date traffic is down 15% over 2009, however in October we experienced a higher load factor and saw the gap narrow to a 9% year-over-year decline.  With our convenient schedules and consistently low fares we continue working to make an important contribution to the growth and development of tourism and other business throughout the state,” said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa Air Group, Inc., CEO.  “It is our continuing mission to bring Hawai’i’s friends, families and business people together by offering frequent, exceptional service at the lowest possible fare,” he continued.

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