RENO, Nev., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Reno Air, Inc.
(Nasdaq: RENO; PCX: RNO) today announced it carried 445,851 passengers in
December, which is a .8 percent decrease over the same month last year. In
December, the airline flew 245,954,441 revenue passenger miles (RPMs) with a
capacity of 387,083,371 available seat miles (ASMs), producing a load factor
of 63.5 percent.
"Our traffic decline was attributed to the cutover to a new host
reservation system, SABRE, and the fact that a large number of passengers
traveled on heavily discounted tickets in the fourth quarter of last year,"
said Reno Air President and CEO Robert Reding.
RENO AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS
December
1997 1996 Change
RPMs (000) 245,954 258,382 (4.8%)
ASMs (000) 387,083 386,340 0.2%
Load Factor (%) 63.5 66.9 (3.4 pts)
Passengers 445,851 449,285 (0.8%)
Fourth Quarter
1997 1996 Change
RPMs (000) 722,907 771,810 (6.3)%
ASMs (000) 1,165,751 1,147,114 1.6%
Load Factor (%) 62.0% 67.3 (5.3 pts)
Passengers 1,334,343 1,374,821 (2.9%)
Year-to-date
1997 1996 Change
RPMs (000) 3,124,312 3,035,169 2.9%
ASMs (000) 4,698,322 4,503,363 4.3%
Load Factor % 66.5 67.4 (0.9 points)
Passengers 5,530,454 5,161,009 7.2%
Reno Air currently serves 22 cities with a fleet of 30 MD-80 and MD-90
series jets that have an average age of less than seven years, one of the
youngest all-jet fleets in the industry. Reno Air offers everyday low fares,
advance seat assignments, domestic and international frequent flier programs,
a spacious first class cabin, "EZtrip" ticketless travel and full
participation in all major computer reservation systems. See Reno Air's
website at http://www.renoair.com.
SOURCE Reno Air, Inc.
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