Sep 08, 2009 (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) -- Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc (OTCBB:FRNTQ) reported on Tuesday traffic results for its mainline operation and its wholly owned subsidiary Lynx Aviation for August 2009, with Frontier Airlines carrying 915,970 passengers and Lynx Aviation carrying 125,934 passengers, a decrease of 9.5% compared to the same period of last and an increase of 22.0%, respectively.
Revenue passenger miles for Frontier's mainline operations for the month dropped by 10.3% compared to August 2008, while available seat miles fell 13.8%, resulting in a rise in load factor of 2.7 percentage points at 88.7%.
Lynx Aviation reported an increase in revenue passenger miles for August 2009 of 21.2% compared to August 2008, while available seat miles grew by 6.8%, resulting in a load factor of 77.6%, an improvement of 9.2 percentage points.
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