Mesa Air Group Reports December 2021 Operating Performance

January 21, 2022

PHOENIX, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) today reported Mesa Airlines’ operating performance for December 2021.

Mesa Airlines reported 26,920 block hours in December 2021, a 3.8 percent increase from December 2020. Covid-19 and its impact on employee attendance was a primary factor behind Mesa’s controllable completion factor of 93.05 percent and 97.89 percent for its American and United operations, respectively.

Operating statistics for December 2021 and fiscal year 2021 YTD are included in the table below.

  Dec-21 Dec-20 % Change YTD
FY2022		 YTD
FY2021		 % Change
Block Hours            
American 10,470   12,400   -15.6 % 33,129   31,368   5.6 %
United 16,221   13,316   21.8 % 52,294   37,389   39.9 %
DHL 229   217   5.3 % 655   490   33.7 %
Total 26,920   25,933   3.8 % 86,079   69,247   24.3 %
             
  Dec-21 Dec-20 % Change YTD
FY2022		 YTD
FY2021		 % Change
Departures            
American 5,621   6,303   -10.8 % 18,334   16,381   11.9 %
United 7,600   6,374   19.2 % 24,678   18,644   32.4 %
DHL 152   144   5.6 % 435   319   36.4 %
Total 13,373   12,821   4.3 % 43,447   35,344   22.9 %
             
Controllable Completion Factor*            
American 93.05 % 99.87 % -6.8 % 97.17 % 99.81 % -2.6 %
United 97.89 % 100.00 % -2.1 % 98.33 % 99.98 % -1.7 %
             
Total Completion Factor*            
American 91.47 % 98.15 % -6.8 % 95.76 % 98.30 % -2.6 %
United 96.62 % 98.75 % -2.2 % 97.58 % 99.36 % -1.8 %

Operating statistics month over month for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 and QTD are included in the table below.

  Dec-21 Nov-21 % Change QTD
FY2022		 QTD
FY2021		 % Change
Block Hours            
American 10,470   11,276   -7.1 % 33,129   31,368   5.6 %
United 16,221   16,969   -4.4 % 52,294   37,389   39.9 %
DHL 229   220   3.9 % 655   490   33.7 %
Total 26,920   28,465   -5.4 % 86,079   69,247   24.3 %
             
  Dec-21 Nov-21 % Change QTD
FY2022		 QTD
FY2021		 % Change
Departures            
American 5,621   6,339   -11.3 % 18,334   16,381   11.9 %
United 7,600   8,046   -5.5 % 24,678   18,644   32.4 %
DHL 152   147   3.4 % 435   319   36.4 %
Total 13,373   14,532   -8.0 % 43,447   35,344   22.9 %
             
Controllable Completion Factor*            
American 93.05 % 98.58 % -5.6 % 97.17 % 99.81 % -2.6 %
United 97.89 % 98.48 % -0.6 % 98.33 % 99.98 % -1.7 %
             
Total Completion Factor*            
American 91.47 % 97.70 % -6.4 % 95.76 % 98.30 % -2.6 %
United 96.62 % 98.01 % -1.4 % 97.58 % 99.36 % -1.8 %

*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 120 cities in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the Bahamas, and Mexico as well as cargo services out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. As December 31, 2021, Mesa operated a fleet of 166 aircraft with approximately 457 daily departures and 3,000 employees. Mesa operates all of its flights as either American Eagle, United Express, or DHL Express flights pursuant to the terms of capacity purchase agreements entered into with American Airlines, Inc., United Airlines, Inc., and DHL.

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