Skywest Airlines Ltd : January Operating Statistics

ASX code SXR AIM code SKYW
18 February 2013

SKYWEST AIRLINES LTD

("Skywest" or "the Company")

JANUARY 2013 AIRLINE PASSENGER OPERATING STATISTICS

Skywest, the Australian and South East Asia regional airline is pleased to announce its network operating statistics for the month of January 2013.
The number of Charter Services increased by 22% compared with the previous year. Skywest RPT traffic, measured by Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), increased by 47%, while Skywest Charter traffic, which is measured by Charter Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs), increased by 5%.

	Month of January
	January-13	January-12	Change
RPT Passengers Carried ('000s)	26	19	32.39%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres ('000s) (RPT)	22,733	15,420	47.43%
Available Seat Kilometres ('000s) (RPT)	42,606	31,617	34.76%
Load Factor %	53.36%	48.77%	4.58%
Available Seat Kilometres ('000s) (Charter)	75,443	71,582	5.39%
Charter Services	400	328	21.95%
Wet Lease Block Hours	1,906	833	128.69%
Actual Aircraft in Fleet	26	22

	Financial Year to Date
	2012/13	2011/12	Change
RPT Passengers Carried ('000s)	231	208	10.77%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres ('000s) (RPT)	216,363	171,462	26.19%
Available Seat Kilometres ('000s) (RPT)	369,832	276,698	33.66%
Load Factor %	58.50%	61.97%	-3.46%
Available Seat Kilometres ('000s) (Charter)	394,900	460,094	-14.17%

Charter Services	2,113	2,096	0.81%
Wet Lease Block Hours	11,919	2,422	392.04%
Actual Aircraft in Fleet	25	19

Notes:

1. Monthly operating statistics are issued on a preliminary basis and are subject to change. Any adjustments made will flow through to the year to date results.
2. Passengers Carried refers to Regular Passenger Transport (RPT) passengers and therefore excludes
charter passengers.
3. RPKs refers to the number of RPT paying passengers carried multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
4. ASKs refers to the number of RPT seats available for sale to passengers multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
5. Load Factor is RPKs divided by ASKs and is therefore an RPT number.
6. The calculation of Load Factor does not include the number of "Charter" passengers.
7. The Wet Lease Block Hours represents the ATR 72 aircraft supplied to Virgin under the wet lease agreement from the date of commercial service.
8. Aircraft in operation only includes aircraft operated more than 40 hours in a given month. There were 25 aircraft in the fleet at the end of the month including those operated less than 40 hours in the month.

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