Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Reports June 2003 Traffic

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 11  -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. today announced preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of June.

Scheduled service generated 11,180,000 revenue passenger miles (RPM's), a 10.4 percent decrease from the same month last year. Available seat miles (ASM's) decreased 9.3 percent to 26,918,000. As a result, load factor decreased .5 points to 41.5 percent. Passengers carried decreased 12.6 percent to 40,435 when compared with June 2002.

For the six months ending June 30, 2003 compared to the same six month period in 2002, revenue passenger miles (RPM's) decreased 17.8 percent to 53,946,000 while available seat miles (ASM's) decreased 9.1 percent to 159,181,000, resulting in a load factor of 33.9 percent for the year 2003 compared to 37.4 percent for the same six month period in 2002. The company carried 195,989 revenue passengers for the six month period ending June 30, 2003, a 21.3 percent decrease on a year over year basis.

                       JUNE AND YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS
                                       June 2003    June 2002    Change
     Passengers Enplaned               40,435       46,274       - 12.6%
     Revenue Passenger Miles (000)     11,180       12,479       - 10.4%
     Available Seat Miles (000)        26,918       29,692       -  9.3%
     Load Factor                       41.5%        42.0%        -   .5 points
                                       YTD 2003     YTD 2002     Change
     Passengers Enplaned               195,989      249,084      - 21.3%
     Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      53,946       65,658      - 17.8%
     Available Seat Miles (000)        159,181      175,181      -  9.1%
     Load Factor                       33.9%        37.4%        -  3.5 points

As of July 10, 2003, Great Lakes is providing scheduled passenger service at 41 airports in eleven states with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners. A total of 186 weekday flights are scheduled at three hubs, with 172 flights at Denver, 8 flights at Minneapolis/St. Paul, and 6 flights at Phoenix. All scheduled flights are operated under the Great Lakes Airlines marketing identity in conjunction with code-share agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines at their Denver hub.