November Performance Numbers
Mesa Air Group, Inc. Reports November 2005 Traffic
Monday December 5, 8:00 am ET
PHOENIX, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MESA - News) reported its preliminary traffic figures, on-time performance and completion rate figures for November 2005. Year-over-year available seat miles increased 14.4% in November 2005 to 734 million, compared to 642 million in November 2004. Revenue passenger miles increased 16.2% from 456 million in 2004 to 529 million in 2005. Passenger enplanements increased 13.7% from 988,679 in November 2004 to 1,124,033 in November 2005.
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Mesa Air Group had a controllable completion rate, excluding weather- related cancellations, of 98.4% in November with an on-time arrival performance of 79.0%. Mesa Airlines, which operates all of the Company's regional jets under revenue-guarantee arrangements with its mainline partners, had a controllable completion rate of 98.4% in November. Mesa Airline's on-time arrival performance for the month of November was 78.9%. Air Midwest, which operates Mesa's 19-seat turboprops under pro-rate revenue-sharing agreements, reported a controllable completion rate for November of 98.6% with an on-time arrival performance of 79.7%.
November Results Nov-05 Nov-04 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 529,450 455,625 16.20%
Available Seat Miles (000) 734,271 641,856 14.40%
Passengers Carried 1,124,033 988,679 13.69%
Load Factor 72.11% 70.99% 1.1 pts
Year-to-date Results YTD 05 YTD 04 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 5,865,371 4,986,115 17.63%
Available Seat Miles (000) 8,185,100 6,980,178 17.26%
Passengers Carried 12,338,242 10,182,921 21.17%
Load Factor 71.66% 71.43% 0.2 pts
"We appreciate the support of our airline partners, which has allowed us the opportunity for continued growth. We would also like to thank our employees for our excellent operational performance," said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mesa currently operates 182 aircraft with over 1,100 daily system departures to over 176 cities, 43 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico. Mesa operates as America West Express, Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreement with America West, Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines, respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines. The Company, founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000 employees. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association and Regional Aviation Partners. The Company was named 2005 Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World Magazine.
Here are the latest numbers.....dont look to shabby to me!!