NEWS RELEASE

Honolulu – go! today reported preliminary traffic figures for January 2009 and noted it achieved 58,216 passenger enplanements, a 33.03% increase over the 43,763 passengers carried in January 2008. Last month go! generated 13.28 million available seat miles and 8.58 million revenue passenger miles versus 11.02 million available seat miles and 6.43 million revenue passenger miles in January 2008. go!’s load factor for January 2009 was 64.6% compared to 58.4% for the same period in 2008.

 

January Results Jan-09 Jan-08 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 8,581 6,430 33.46%
Available Seat Miles (000) 13,283 11,018 20.56%
Passengers Carried 58,216 43,763 33.03%
Load Factor 64.60% 58.36% 6.2 pts
 
Year-to-Date Results YTD 09 YTD 08 Change
RPM (000) 8,581 6,430 33.46%
ASM (000) 13,283 11,018 20.56%
Passengers Carried 58,216 43,763 33.03%
Load Factor 64.60% 58.36% 6.2 pts

“In spite of falling tourism and a difficult economic environment, we are extremely pleased with the significant increase in passengers year over year and the continued support for go! from the people of Hawaii,” said Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein. “We are optimistic 2009 will be a year of continuing progress and opportunity for go!. and we look forward to soon celebrate flying our 2,000,000th passenger,” Mr. Ornstein said. “We thank all of our passengers who have helped us grow our business this past year, as well as all of our people who do a truly great job providing outstanding service.” Paul Skellon, VP go! said,” As a result of increased demand and an encouraging trend in advanced bookings, we have added a significant number of extra flights in the coming months with additional service in the markets of Kahului, Maui; Kona, the Big Island and Lihue, Kaua’i.” Mr. Skellon added,” The addition of extra services further demonstrates our commitment to the people and businesses of Hawai’i that we are here to stay.”

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