By next summer, passengers flying from Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport on Midwest Airlines will likely see more nonstop flights and lower fares. These are a few of the changes taking place under the new ownership of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
SkyWest, Inc., which owns and operates Skywest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), reported a 4.9 percent increase in revenue passenger miles for June, while available seat miles increased 1.9 percent compared to the same period last year.
A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a plan by Republic Airways Holdings to buy Frontier Airlines for $108.8 million, although other bidders could still come forward according to the Associated Press.
Passenger traffic for both Pinnacle Airlines and Colgan Air increased in June compared to the same month in 2008, according to the Memphis Business Journal on Friday.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines was formed after Southern Airways, a local carrier based in Atlanta, agreed to merge with North Central Airlines in 1978. Atlantic Southeast Airlines was registered on March 12, 1979 and began service on June 26.
Frontier Airlines reported that their load factor, the measure of how full flights are, came close to the rarely seen 90% level in June, becoming the latest in a line of carriers to report historically high levels of full aircraft.
Republic Airways Holdings reported Thursday that preliminary figures show that its June traffic and capacity rose from last year, boosted by growth in passenger traffic.
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. says it had a net profit of $1.1 million in May, marking the seventh straight month the company has reported gains.
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Republic Airways, the growing regional airline which bought Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines last week, is still in the market to buy other airlines.