Pinnacle Airlines saw increase in ASMs and RPMs in September

Airline Industry Information, Oct 6, 2005

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Pinnacle Airlines Inc (NasdaqNM:PNCL) has released its passenger and traffic levels for September 2005.

Pinnacle flew 498.2m available seat miles (ASMs) in September, an increase of 28.4% over the September 2004 levels. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased by 40.6% to 359.4m while the passenger load factor was 72.1%.

Pinnacle transported 700,009 passengers during the month, 27.2% more than in the same period last year.

Pinnacle Airlines Inc operates under the name Northwest Airlink.

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