Bangkok--12 Oct--Jigsaw-Communications
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for September 2011. System load factor was 83.6 percent, 1.1 points higher than the prior year, on a 2.2 percent decrease in capacity. System traffic decreased 0.9 percent year over year.
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Domestic traffic increased 0.5 percent year over year on a 3.3 percent decrease in capacity. Domestic load factor increased 3.2 points to 83.0 percent. International traffic decreased 2.8 percent year over year on a 0.6 percent decrease in capacity, and load factor decreased 2.0 points to 84.5 percent.
Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.
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Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results (a)
September 2011 September 2010 Change
RPMs (000):
Domestic 9,381,017 9,337,926 0.5%
Delta Mainline 7,368,599 7,370,754 (0.0%)
Regional 2,012,418 1,967,172 2.3%
International 6,579,964 6,772,968 (2.8%)
Latin America 821,661 722,368 13.7%
Delta Mainline 807,808 708,507 14.0%
Regional 13,853 13,861 (0.1%)
Atlantic 3,735,041 4,042,800 (7.6%)
Pacific 2,023,262 2,007,800 0.8%
Total System 15,960,981 16,110,894 (0.9%)
ASMs (000):
Domestic 11,307,458 11,695,331 (3.3%)
Delta Mainline 8,759,512 9,109,821 (3.8%)
Regional 2,547,946 2,585,510 (1.5%)
International 7,786,837 7,834,520 (0.6%)
Latin America 1,065,824 959,679 11.1%
Delta Mainline 1,042,054 937,022 11.2%
Regional 23,770 22,657 4.9%
Atlantic 4,247,976 4,590,761 (7.5%)
Pacific 2,473,037 2,284,080 8.3%
Total System 19,094,295 19,529,851 (2.2%)
Load Factor:
Domestic 83.0% 79.8% 3.2 pts
Delta Mainline 84.1% 80.9% 3.2 pts
Regional 79.0% 76.1% 2.9 pts
International 84.5% 86.5% (2.0) pts
Latin America 77.1% 75.3% 1.8 pts
Delta Mainline 77.5% 75.6% 1.9 pts
Regional 58.3% 61.2% (2.9) pts
Atlantic 87.9% 88.1% (0.2) pts
Pacific 81.8% 87.9% (6.1) pts
Total System 83.6% 82.5% 1.1 pts
Mainline Completion 99.6% 99.1% 0.5 pts
Factor
Passengers Boarded 13,378,192 13,216,961 1.2%
Cargo Ton Miles (000): 195,520 193,126 1.2%
Endnote:
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.
Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results (a)
September 2011 September 2010 Change
RPMs (000):
Domestic 9,381,017 9,337,926 0.5%
Delta Mainline 7,368,599 7,370,754 (0.0%)
Regional 2,012,418 1,967,172 2.3%
International 6,579,964 6,772,968 (2.8%)
Latin America 821,661 722,368 13.7%
Delta Mainline 807,808 708,507 14.0%
Regional 13,853 13,861 (0.1%)
Atlantic 3,735,041 4,042,800 (7.6%)
Pacific 2,023,262 2,007,800 0.8%
Total System 15,960,981 16,110,894 (0.9%)
ASMs (000):
Domestic 11,307,458 11,695,331 (3.3%)
Delta Mainline 8,759,512 9,109,821 (3.8%)
Regional 2,547,946 2,585,510 (1.5%)
International 7,786,837 7,834,520 (0.6%)
Latin America 1,065,824 959,679 11.1%
Delta Mainline 1,042,054 937,022 11.2%
Regional 23,770 22,657 4.9%
Atlantic 4,247,976 4,590,761 (7.5%)
Pacific 2,473,037 2,284,080 8.3%
Total System 19,094,295 19,529,851 (2.2%)
Load Factor:
Domestic 83.0% 79.8% 3.2 pts
Delta Mainline 84.1% 80.9% 3.2 pts
Regional 79.0% 76.1% 2.9 pts
International 84.5% 86.5% (2.0) pts
Latin America 77.1% 75.3% 1.8 pts
Delta Mainline 77.5% 75.6% 1.9 pts
Regional 58.3% 61.2% (2.9) pts
Atlantic 87.9% 88.1% (0.2) pts
Pacific 81.8% 87.9% (6.1) pts
Total System 83.6% 82.5% 1.1 pts
Mainline Completion 99.6% 99.1% 0.5 pts
Factor
Passengers Boarded 13,378,192 13,216,961 1.2%
Cargo Ton Miles (000): 195,520 193,126 1.2%
Endnote:
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.
Delta Air Lines
Year to Date Traffic Results (a)
September 2011 September 2010 Change
RPMs (000):
Domestic 87,317,813 87,914,440 (0.7%)
Delta Mainline 68,929,876 69,137,815 (0.3%)
Regional 18,387,937 18,776,625 (2.1%)
International 60,474,451 59,021,309 2.5%
Latin America 10,188,210 10,476,349 (2.8%)
Delta Mainline 10,030,800 10,230,412 (2.0%)
Regional 157,410 245,937 (36.0%)
Atlantic 32,464,669 31,936,176 1.7%
Pacific 17,821,572 16,608,784 7.3%
Total System 147,792,264 146,935,749 0.6%
ASMs (000):
Domestic 104,842,512 105,303,547 (0.4%)
Delta Mainline 81,420,424 81,506,453 (0.1%)
Regional 23,422,088 23,797,094 (1.6%)
International 74,779,177 70,353,314 6.3%
Latin America 12,898,207 13,097,500 (1.5%)
Delta Mainline 12,665,626 12,766,163 (0.8%)
Regional 232,581 331,337 (29.8%)
Atlantic 39,914,887 37,929,853 5.2%
Pacific 21,966,083 19,325,961 13.7%
Total System 179,621,689 175,656,861 2.3%
Load Factor:
Domestic 83.3% 83.5% (0.2) pts
Delta Mainline 84.7% 84.8% (0.1) pts
Regional 78.5% 78.9% (0.4) pts
International 80.9% 83.9% (3.0) pts
Latin America 79.0% 80.0% (1.0) pts
Delta Mainline 79.2% 80.1% (0.9) pts
Regional 67.7% 74.2% (6.5) pts
Atlantic 81.3% 84.2% (2.9) pts
Pacific 81.1% 85.9% (4.8) pts
Total System 82.3% 83.6% (1.3) pts
Passengers Boarded 124,397,845 122,918,664 1.2%
Cargo Ton Miles (000): 1,772,308 1,662,353 6.6%
Endnote:
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.
SOURCE Delta Air Lines
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