April performance data announced by Pinnacle Airlines Corp

Airline Industry Information, May 14, 2008

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Pinnacle Airlines Corp (NasdaqGS:PNCL) has announced its capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines Inc and Colgan Air Inc subsidiaries for April 2008.

Pinnacle Airlines Inc carried a total of 877,566 passengers during April 2008, as compared to 843,951 during April 2007, showing an increase of 4%. The load factor for the month was 77.4%, showing a decrease of 0.6 points over April 2007.

ASMs for April 2008 totalled 533,424, as compared to 496,828 in the prior year, showing an increase of 7.4%, whilst RPMs for April totalled 412,916, an increase of 6.4% on the previous year.

Colgan Air Inc carried a total of 194,936 passengers during April 2008, as compared to 134,199 in the same month of the prior year, showing an increase of 45.3%. The airline recorded a total of 77,571 ASMs for the month, as compared to 52,043 in the prior year, whilst RPMs for April 2008 totalled 41,655 as compared to 25,139 in April 2007.

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