RENO, Nev., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Reno Air, Inc. (Nasdaq: RENO),
(PCX: RNO) today announced a 66.9% load factor for May, which is an increase
of 1.9 load factor points over May, 1996. The low fare, full service airline
carried 457,707 passengers, an increase of 5.3% over the same period last
year, and flew 257,386,631 revenue passenger miles (RPMs) with a capacity of
384,757,726 available seat miles (ASMs).
RENO AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS
MAY 1997 MAY 1996 PERCENT CHANGE
RPMs (000) 257,387 256,220 .5%
ASMs (000) 384,758 394,450 (2.5)%
Load Factor (%) 66.9 65.0 1.9 points
Passengers 457,707 434,622 5.3%
YEAR-TO-DATE
PERIOD ENDED MAY 31
MAY 31, 1997 MAY 31, 1996 PERCENT CHANGE
RPMs (000) 1,232,046 1,145,682 7.5%
ASMs (000) 1,878,118 1,720,413 9.2%
Load Factor (%) 65.6 66.6 (1.0) points
Passengers 2,172,771 1,956,393 11.1%
Reno Air celebrates its fifth anniversary in July, and currently serves
23 cities with nearly 200 daily scheduled departures. The carrier's fleet of
30 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90 series jets has an average age of
approximately six years. Reno Air offers everyday low fares, advance seat
assignments, frequent flyer programs, a spacious first class cabin, "EZtrip"
ticketless travel and full participation in all major computer reservation
systems.
SOURCE Reno Air Inc.
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CONTACT:
Annie Turner, Corporate Communications,
702-686-3833, or Madeleine Lamprecht, Investor Relations,
702-686-3667, both of Reno Air
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