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Frontier Airlines Reports January 2013 Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS, 2013-02-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET), today reported preliminary traffic results for January 2013. For the month, Frontier’s load factor increased by 7 points from January 2012 to a new January record of 87%. Frontier’s traffic decreased 11%, to 0.8 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) on a 16% decrease in capacity to 0.9 billion available seat miles (ASMs). Frontier Airlines served 0.8 million passengers in January.

		January
		2013	2012
		Total	Total	Change
MAINLINE
	RPMs (000s)	717,699	803,100	-11%
	ASMs (000s)	819,791	979,857	-16%
	Block Hrs	14,915	18,028	-17%
	LF %	88%	82%	6 pts
	Passengers	760,901	805,465	-6%
REGIONAL
	RPMs (000s)	41,657	129,241	-68%
	ASMs (000s)	54,339	185,908	-71%
	Block Hrs	1,803	6,769	-73%
	LF %	77%	70%	7 pts
	Passengers	77,982	214,672	-64%
CONSOLIDATED
	RPMs (000s)	759,357	932,341	-19%
	ASMs (000s)	874,130	1,165,766	-25%
	Block Hrs	16,718	24,797	-33%
	LF %	87%	80%	7 pts
	Passengers	838,883	1,020,137	-18%

About Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET), an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 19th year of operations, Frontier offers service to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The airline employs more than 4,500 aviation professionals, operating from its hub at Denver International Airport. For in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, visit www.flyfrontier.com.

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