CHICAGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today
reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2008. The company reported
a March passenger load factor of 82.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in March by 2.7 percent on unchanged capacity
or scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in
2007.
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
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*Based on the flight schedule between Feb. 12, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008.
2008 2007 YOY
March March Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 64,611 65,131 -0.8 %
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,753 48,062 -4.8 %
REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 5,748 6,132 -6.3 %
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,826,317 6,267,378 -7.0 %
PACIFIC 2,247,761 2,283,648 -1.6 %
ATLANTIC 1,552,879 1,348,248 15.2 %
LATIN AMERICA 414,281 416,534 -0.5 %
SYSTEM 10,041,238 10,315,808 -2.7 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,988,632 7,398,285 -5.5 %
PACIFIC 2,773,883 2,642,328 5.0 %
ATLANTIC 1,865,460 1,589,367 17.4 %
LATIN AMERICA 509,544 509,668 0.0 %
SYSTEM 12,137,519 12,139,648 0.0 %
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.4 84.7 -1.3 pts
PACIFIC 81.0 86.4 -5.4 pts
ATLANTIC 83.2 84.8 -1.6 pts
LATIN AMERICA 81.3 81.7 -0.4 pts
SYSTEM 82.7 85.0 -2.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 160,593 158,114 1.6 %
MAIL 22,727 17,140 32.6 %
SYSTEM 183,320 175,254 4.6 %
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,042,060 10,317,835 -2.7 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,140,568 12,145,591 0.0 %
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 16,160,687 16,604,492 -2.7 %
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,537,816 19,545,900 0.0 %
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,187,532 1,207,035 -1.6 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,800,568 1,929,632 -6.7 %
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,722,117 1,750,273 -1.6 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,628,829 2,817,263 -6.7 %
YEAR TO YEAR TO
DATE DATE YOY
2008 2007 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 183,182 184,841 -0.9 %
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 129,469 136,015 -4.8 %
REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 15,245 16,346 -6.7 %
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 15,308,795 16,678,531 -8.2 %
PACIFIC 6,349,227 6,331,015 0.3 %
ATLANTIC 4,070,405 3,531,358 15.3 %
LATIN AMERICA 1,190,296 1,182,699 0.6 %
SYSTEM 26,918,723 27,723,603 -2.9 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 19,472,818 20,801,839 -6.4 %
PACIFIC 8,129,951 7,695,230 5.6 %
ATLANTIC 5,394,047 4,565,071 18.2 %
LATIN AMERICA 1,508,954 1,458,522 3.5 %
SYSTEM 34,505,770 34,520,662 0.0 %
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 78.6 80.2 -1.6 pts
PACIFIC 78.1 82.3 -4.2 pts
ATLANTIC 75.5 77.4 -1.9 pts
LATIN AMERICA 78.9 81.1 -2.2 pts
SYSTEM 78.0 80.3 -2.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 429,370 421,299 1.9 %
MAIL 65,096 47,402 37.3 %
SYSTEM 494,466 468,701 5.5 %
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 26,926,931 27,728,790 -2.9 %
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 34,528,405 34,534,656 0.0 %
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 43,333,510 44,623,942 -2.9 %
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 55,566,562 55,576,622 0.0 %
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 3,187,169 3,241,579 -1.7 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 5,421,104 5,503,664 -1.5 %
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 4,621,946 4,700,456 -1.7 %
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 7,914,812 8,035,349 -1.5 %
SOURCE United Airlines
CONTACT: United Airlines Worldwide Press Office, +1-312-997-8640
