Mesaba Aviation, Inc. Releases December Performance Data

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Jan 12, 2011, 05:31 ET

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (Nasdaq: PNCL) today released capacity and operational results for its Mesaba Aviation, Inc. subsidiary for December 2010.

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	December 2010	YTD 2010* *Pinnacle acquired Mesaba on July 1, 2010
Passengers	466,354	3,121,411
Available Seat Miles (000)	372,758	2,308,420
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	280,108	1,763,373
Load Factor	75.1%	76.4%
Block Hours	21,172	131,017
Departures	11,855	80,173
Fleet
CRJ-200	19
CRJ-900	41
Saab 340	28

Mesaba reports its total Passengers, Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs), and Load Factor each month, even though fluctuations do not affect revenues received under capacity purchase agreements with Delta Air Lines, its mainline partner.

The average length of a Mesaba flight was 566 statute miles.

About Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (Nasdaq: PNCL), an airline holding company, is the parent company of Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.; Colgan Air, Inc.; and Mesaba Aviation, Inc. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. operates a fleet of 142 regional jets as Delta Connection in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Colgan Air, Inc. operates a fleet of 55 regional turboprops as Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express in the eastern United States and Canada, Texas and Louisiana. Mesaba Aviation, Inc. operates a fleet of 60 regional jets and 28 jet-prop aircraft as Delta Connection in the United States and Canada. Pinnacle Airlines Corp. operating subsidiaries fly 285 aircraft on more than 1,650 daily flights to 182 cities and towns in North America. The corporate headquarters is located in Memphis, Tenn. Airport hub operations are located in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Newark, Washington Dulles, Houston, Memphis, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. Visit www.pncl.com for more information.