=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2002/03/24/f= inancial1219EST0006.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, March 24, 2002 (AP) Midway slow to provide passenger numbers (03-24) 09:19 PST MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Midway Airlines has delayed filing reports describing its recent performance with the bankruptcy court overseeing the airline's turnaround. When court officials complained this week about missing financial data in a January operations report, Midway executives said the information showing income and expenses for the month could undermine consumer confidence, Bankruptcy Administrator Marjorie Lynch said. "They haven't said they won't give us a complete report, but they are concerned that the information may be misconstrued and people might draw conclusions from it that hurts the airline," Lynch said. "They were concerned that it could undermine public confidence." The airline also initially refused to provide February boarding statisti= cs to officials at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Airport director John Brantley told RDU Airport Authority members Thursd= ay that Midway apparently didn't want to release the passenger numbers because the airport would make them available to the public. The most recent boarding report showed that Midway's planes were less th= an 50 percent full during January. Midway president and chief executive Robert Ferguson said Friday he wasn= 't aware of any problems with bankruptcy court filings. Statistics on the number of passengers that boarded Midway jets, used to determine eligibility for federal grants, were compiled late and delivered late this week to the airport authority. Midway is battling to stay aloft after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August. The airline shut down operations entirely Sept. 12 -- the day after terrorist attacks on New York and Washington -- and returned to operations Dec. 19 after receiving a $12.5 million grant from the federal airline bailout program. At its peak, Midway had 40 planes, 130 daily departures and more than 2,400 employees. The now airline flies to Boston, New York, Newark, N.J., Washington, Orlando, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Fla. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 AP