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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowRepublic Airways Holdings Inc., which uses regional jets to feed traffic to major airlines, said that its November traffic rose 2 percent.
Republic said Wednesday that it flew almost 1.65 billion passenger mile in November, up from 1.62 billion in November of 2010.
Meanwhile, flying capacity fell 2 percent, to 2.04 billion available seat miles, down from 2.08 billion a year ago. Because traffic rose while capacity fell, its planes were fuller. Load factor rose 3 percentage points, to 81 percent.
For the first 11 months of the year, Republic traffic has fallen 1 percent, to 19.27 billion revenue passenger miles. Capacity is down 1 percent, to 24.08 billion available seat miles. Load factor is unchanged at 80 percent.
Shares of Indianapolis-based Republic fell 19 cents Thursday to close at $3.76 per share.
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