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U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics Through August 2009

Monthly - System

(Excludes all-cargo services. Includes domestic and international)

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  August 2009 August 2008
Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000) 65,025 485 65,510 67,828 496 68,324
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 73,605,756 1,005,079 74,610,835 76,357,794 935,514 77,293,308
Available Seat Miles (000) 86,677,938 1,643,663 88,321,601 91,766,544 1,602,746 93,369,290
Passenger Load Factor (%) 84.92 61.15 84.48 83.21 58.37 82.78
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000) 489,307 3,451 492,758 550,988 3,631 554,619
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000) 7,906,269 103,960 8,010,229 8,259,287 97,182 8,356,469
Available Ton Miles (000) 12,554,515 258,079 12,812,594 12,877,964 254,680 13,132,644
Ton Mile Load Factor (%) 62.98 40.28 62.52 64.14 38.16 63.63
Revenue Departures Performed 852,674 16,033 868,707 901,329 16,979 918,308
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000) 616,931 7,958 624,889 657,949 8,110 666,059
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne) 1,457,934 22,072 1,480,006 1,556,612 23,934 1,580,546

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment

Twelve Months - System

(Excludes all-cargo services. Includes domestic and international)

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  September 2008 - August 2009 September 2007 - August 2008
Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total Scheduled Non-Scheduled Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000) 703,919 5,244 709,163 764,029 6,107 770,136
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 769,691,900 10,562,980 780,254,880 832,945,629 11,952,166 844,897,795
Available Seat Miles (000) 968,654,483 17,709,699 986,364,182 1,048,062,587 20,845,327 1,068,907,914
Passenger Load Factor (%) 79.46 59.65 79.10 79.47 57.34 79.04
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000) 5,530,827 49,580 5,580,407 6,891,105 128,122 7,019,227
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000) 83,268,132 1,105,895 84,374,027 91,093,359 1,323,374 92,416,733
Available Ton Miles (000) 139,450,928 2,873,025 142,323,953 148,667,034 3,290,085 151,957,119
Ton Mile Load Factor (%) 59.71 38.49 59.28 61.27 40.22 60.82
Revenue Departures Performed 9,641,549 132,400 9,773,949 10,578,710 147,388 10,726,098
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000) 6,914,122 86,237 7,000,359 7,597,541 101,452 7,698,993
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne) 16,557,756 225,257 16,783,013 18,228,937 260,437 18,489,374

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment

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