CHICAGO, Jan 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- United Airlines today reported
its preliminary traffic results for December 2007. The company reported a
December passenger load factor of 78.8 percent. Total scheduled revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in December by 1.2 percent on a capacity
decrease of 0.1 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with
the same period in 2006.
United's operations were affected by an extremely challenging December,
with the company recording 19 severe weather days, the highest in its recorded
history for the month, and more than double last December. The company defines
severe weather days as days when more than 10 percent of its flights are
impacted by weather and air traffic control delays or cancellations.
The company's two largest airports, O'Hare and Denver International (where
two out of every three domestic United flights begin or end), were among the
three worst performing airports in the country due to ground delay programs
prompted by the weather. This resulted in the cancellation of approximately
1,000 United mainline flights.
The severe weather in December also resulted in fourth quarter capacity
coming in lower than the company's prior guidance. Year-over-year mainline
capacity will be down 1.0 percent versus guidance of down 0.8 percent.
About United
United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,300* flights a day on
United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and
international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the
Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest
international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding
member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 897
destinations in 160 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside in
every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and
other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at
http://united.com.
*Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007.
2007 2006 YOY
December December Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 62,048 62,896 -1.3 %
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 43,801 45,998 -4.8 %
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 5,129 5,440 -5.7 %
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,199,842 5,566,216 -6.6 %
PACIFIC 2,231,524 2,150,575 3.8 %
ATLANTIC 1,453,416 1,276,902 13.8 %
LATIN AMERICA 381,280 381,605 -0.1 %
SYSTEM 9,226,062 9,375,298 -1.2 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,692,375 7,044,272 -5.0 %
PACIFIC 2,813,485 2,651,121 6.1 %
ATLANTIC 1,756,285 1,583,153 10.9 %
LATIN AMERICA 499,717 494,570 1.0 %
SYSTEM 11,761,862 11,773,116 -0.1 %
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 77.7 79.0 -1.3 pts
PACIFIC 79.3 81.1 -1.8 pts
ATLANTIC 82.8 80.7 2.1 pts
LATIN AMERICA 76.3 77.2 -0.9 pts
SYSTEM 78.8 79.6 -0.8 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 141,625 143,237 -1.1 %
MAIL 30,215 23,735 27.3 %
SYSTEM 171,840 166,972 2.9 %
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,268,454 9,379,319 -1.2 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,767,116 11,779,783 -0.1 %
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,915,723 15,094,138 -1.2 %
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 18,936,820 18,957,205 -0.1 %
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,098,685 1,104,907 -0.6 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,746,424 1,883,937 -7.3 %
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,593,301 1,602,251 -0.6 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,549,779 2,750,548 -7.3 %
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2007 2006 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 754,870 768,054 -1.7 %
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 550,438 563,424 -2.3 %
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 68,363 69,265 -1.3 %
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 69,853,110 70,904,096 -1.5 %
PACIFIC 26,431,206 26,152,447 1.1 %
ATLANTIC 17,058,368 15,657,699 8.9 %
LATIN AMERICA 4,032,745 4,531,807 -11.0 %
SYSTEM 117,375,429 117,246,049 0.1 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 83,915,895 86,736,348 -3.3 %
PACIFIC 32,462,746 31,550,328 2.9 %
ATLANTIC 20,389,876 18,855,744 8.1 %
LATIN AMERICA 5,059,033 5,636,799 -10.3 %
SYSTEM 141,827,550 142,779,219 -0.7 %
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.2 81.7 1.5 pts
PACIFIC 81.4 82.9 -1.5 pts
ATLANTIC 83.7 83.0 0.7 pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.7 80.4 -0.7 pts
SYSTEM 82.8 82.1 0.7 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 1,780,944 1,753,765 1.5 %
MAIL 230,894 294,290 -21.5 %
SYSTEM 2,011,838 2,048,055 -1.8 %
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 117,398,620 117,470,063 -0.1 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 141,889,651 143,094,668 -0.8 %
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 188,929,599 189,044,572 -0.1 %
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 228,343,015 230,282,249 -0.8 %
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 13,751,678 13,795,076 -0.3 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 22,593,910 22,751,497 -0.7 %
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 19,940,946 20,004,171 -0.3 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 32,987,109 33,217,186 -0.7 %
SOURCE United Airlines
