Mesa Air Group Reports June 2020 Operating Performance

PHOENIX, July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) today reported Mesa Airlines’ operating performance for June 2020.

Mesa Airlines reported 9,247 block hours in June 2020, a 75.8 percent drop from June 2019 as a result of reduced schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company also reported a controllable completion factor of 100 percent for both its American and United operations.

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

	Jun-20	Jun-19	% Change		YTD FY2020	YTD FY2019	% Change
Block Hours
American	3,000	16,546	-81.9%		111,199	148,592	-25.2%
United	6,248	21,694	-71.2%		144,289	192,479	-25.0%
Total	9,247	38,240	-75.8%		255,488	341,071	-25.1%
	Jun-20	Jun-19	% Change		YTD FY2020	YTD FY2019	% Change
Departures
American	1,699	9,737	-82.6%		63,693	85,570	-25.6%
United	3,550	11,318	-68.6%		72,559	96,987	-25.2%
Controllable Completion Factor*
American	100.00%	98.71%	1.3%		99.75%	99.21%	0.5%
United	100.00%	99.10%	0.9%		99.98%	99.59%	0.4%
Total Completion Factor**
American	100.00%	91.88%	8.8%		93.27%	95.72%	-2.6%
United	99.83%	97.81%	2.1%		94.72%	98.34%	-3.7%

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

About Mesa Air Group, Inc.

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Mesa Air Group, Inc. is the holding company of Mesa Airlines, a regional air carrier providing scheduled passenger service to 66 cities in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Mexico. As of June 30th, 2020, Mesa operated a fleet of 145 aircraft with approximately 175 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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