Mesa Air Group Reports April 2020 Operating Performance

Mesa Air Group reported Mesa Airlines’ operating performance for April 2020.

Mesa Airlines reported 10,297 block hours in April 2020, a 72. 4 percent drop from April 2019 as a result of reduced schedules during the COVID-19 outbreak. The company also reported a controllable completion factor of 100 percent for both its American and United operations.

Commenting on the results, Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein said, “In my more than 20 years as CEO I have never seen a sustained drop in demand like this. It’s an incredibly difficult time for everyone, but I am extremely proud of our people for running a perfect operation during a challenging month.”

Operating statistics for April 2020 and fiscal year 2020 YTD are included in the table below.

	Apr-20		Apr-19		% Change			YTD FY2020		YTD FY2019		% Change
Block Hours
American	5,965		15,973		-62.7	%		102,632		115,292		-11.0	%
United	4,331		21,355		-79.7	%		131,531		149,066		-11.8	%
Total	10,297		37,328		-72.4	%		234,163		264,358		-11.4	%
	Apr-20		Apr-19		% Change			YTD FY2020		YTD FY2019		% Change
Departures
American	3,333		9,203		-63.8	%		58,710		66,078		-11.2	%
United	2,491		10,718		-76.8	%		65,274		74,602		-12.5	%
Controllable Completion Factor*
American	100.00	%	99.62	%	0.4	%		99.73	%	99.28	%	0.5	%
United	100.00	%	99.66	%	0.3	%		99.98	%	99.67	%	0.3	%
Total Completion Factor**
American	60.44	%	96.42	%	-37.3	%		92.88	%	96.62	%	-3.9	%
United	60.99	%	98.40	%	-38.0	%		94.39	%	98.66	%	-4.3	%

*Controllable Completion Factor excludes cancellations due to weather and air traffic control
**Total Completion Factor includes all cancellations

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Mesa Air Group, Inc. is the holding company of Mesa Airlines, a regional air carrier providing scheduled passenger service to 103 cities in 35 states, the District of Columbia and Mexico. As of April 30th, 2020, Mesa operated a fleet of 145 aircraft with approximately 320 daily departures and 3,400 employees. Mesa operates all of its flights as either American Eagle or United Express flights pursuant to the terms of capacity purchase agreements entered into with American Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc.

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