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Profile - Western Pacific Airlines (OTC BB:WPACQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.001)
Location
2864 South Circle Drive, Suite 1100
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Phone: (719) 579-7737
Employees (last reported count): 1,184
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Airline
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 46%
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Business Summary
Western Pacific Airlines, Inc. operates a low-fare airline from its hub at the Colorado Springs Airport. The Company currently operates up to 37 daily round trips between Colorado Springs and Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Kansas City, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Orlando, Chicago-Midway, Washington-Dulles and Newark. During 1996, Western Pacific assisted in the start-up of an affiliated regional carrier, Mountain Air Express, Inc. to carry traffic into and out of Colorado ski markets and other smaller travel markets that cannot support frequent jet aircraft service. In November 1996, Colorado Springs Car Rental, Inc., a Thrifty Rent-A-Car franchise and a 100%-owned subsidiary of Western Pacific, commenced operations from its base in Colorado Springs. Western Pacific has a fleet of 15 138-passenger Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
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Financial Summary
Western Pacific Airlines, Inc. operates a low-cost, low-fare airline from its hub at the Colorado Springs Airport. Company operates a fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300 jet aircraft. For the nine months ended 9/97, revenues rose 23% to $146.1 million. Net loss applicable to Common totalled $61.9 million, up from $2.8 million. Results reflect higher capacity and a higher load factor, offset by one time charges related to the write-off of capitalized costs related to the merger with Frontier.
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Officers
FY1996 Compensation
PayExer

Edward Beauvais, 60
Chairman
$248K--  
Robert Peiser, 49
Pres, CEO
325K--  
Mark Coleman, 50
Sr. VP- Marketing and Planning
--  --  
George Leonard, 56
VP- Fin., CFO
--  --  
Donald Applegarth, 34
VP- Information Systems and CIO
117K$50K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1996 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:WPACQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.001
Recent Price$0.001
52-Week High
on 30-Mar-2001
$0.042
Beta-4.28 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2,273 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-90.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-86.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$14.0K
Shares Outstanding13.6M
Float7.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$0.48 
Earnings (ttm)-$6.17 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.68 
Sales (ttm)$13.65 
Cash (mrq)$0.59 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$183.3M
EBITDA (ttm)-$73.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$82.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-44.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-43.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-1997
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-64.75%
Return on Equity (ttm)-276.96%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.56 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.90 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.95M
Short Interest
As of 10-Nov-1997
Shares Short1.08M
Percent of Float14.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
829.0K
Short Ratio6.74 
Daily Volume160.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-Sep-1997)

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