ATLANTA, July 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today reported traffic results for June 2008. International traffic remained strong in June, increasing 13.9 percent year over year on a 14.1 percent increase in capacity. Delta's international load factor was 83.3 percent, flat compared to June 2007. The load factor for Latin America was 81.6 percent, higher than any previous June on record for Delta.
In addition, a record number of passengers flew internationally on Delta during June. The number of passengers for international, Latin America and Atlantic increased 9.3 percent, 5.1 percent and 10.6 percent, respectively, versus the same period last year.
Delta's system traffic, capacity and load factor in June 2008 were flat compared to June 2007. Domestic traffic in June 2008 decreased 7.0 percent year over year on a capacity decrease of 6.6 percent. Delta's domestic load factor was 86.9 percent, flat compared to June 2007.
"Delta delivered another month of solid year-over-year gains in unit revenues," said Glen Hauenstein, Delta's executive vice president -- Network Planning and Revenue Management. "Importantly, the growing mix of unique international destinations that Delta's customers value, combined with domestic capacity rationalization, provides the network balance necessary to help mitigate the financial impact of record high fuel prices."
Detailed traffic and capacity information is attached.
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 327 destinations in 62 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 44 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 609 weekly flights to 62 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 499 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.
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Monthly Traffic Results(a)
June 2008 June 2007 Change
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RPMs (000):
Domestic 7,137,796 7,675,028 (7.0%)
Delta Mainline 5,604,280 6,006,101 (6.7%)
Comair 386,774 420,647 (8.1%)
Contract Carriers 1,146,742 1,248,280 (8.1%)
International 4,552,435 3,997,483 13.9%
Latin America 966,882 901,502 7.3%
Delta Mainline 908,401 852,582 6.5%
Comair 549 854 (35.7%)
Contract Carriers 57,932 48,066 20.5%
Atlantic 3,328,524 2,950,864 12.8%
Pacific 257,029 145,117 77.1%
System 11,690,231 11,672,511 0.2%
ASMs (000):
Domestic 8,218,036 8,795,717 (6.6%)
Delta Mainline 6,358,387 6,781,784 (6.2%)
Comair 487,152 509,812 (4.4%)
Contract Carriers 1,372,497 1,504,121 (8.8%)
International 5,466,461 4,791,662 14.1%
Latin America 1,184,954 1,195,604 (0.9%)
Delta Mainline 1,109,564 1,127,494 (1.6%)
Comair 640 1,032 (38.0%)
Contract Carriers 74,750 67,078 11.4%
Atlantic 3,965,859 3,430,365 15.6%
Pacific 315,648 165,693 90.5%
System 13,684,497 13,587,379 0.7%
Load Factor
Domestic 86.9% 87.3% (0.4)pts
Delta Mainline 88.1% 88.6% (0.5)pts
Comair 79.4% 82.5% (3.1)pts
Contract Carriers 83.6% 83.0% 0.6 pts
International 83.3% 83.4% (0.1)pts
Latin America 81.6% 75.4% 6.2 pts
Delta Mainline 81.9% 75.6% 6.3 pts
Comair 85.8% 82.8% 3.0 pts
Contract Carriers 77.5% 71.7% 5.8 pts
Atlantic 83.9% 86.0% (2.1)pts
Pacific 81.4% 87.6% (6.2)pts
System 85.4% 85.9% (0.5)pts
Passengers Boarded 9,576,064 10,049,734 (4.7%)
Completion Factor 98.9% 98.6% 0.3 pts
Cargo Ton Miles:
Mail 6,298,340 4,865,533 29.4%
Freight 104,492,080 93,436,018 11.8%
Total System 110,790,420 98,301,551 12.7%
Endnote:
(a) Results reflect operations under our contract carrier
arrangements with the following airlines: Atlantic Southeast Airlines,
Inc., Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., ExpressJet Airlines, Freedom
Airlines, Inc., Shuttle America Corp. and SkyWest Airlines Inc. for
all periods presented, and Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. December 2007.
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Year to Date Traffic Results (a)
June 2008 June 2007 Change
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RPMs (000):
Domestic 39,266,155 40,320,253 (2.6%)
Delta Mainline 30,466,115 31,531,162 (3.4%)
Comair 2,215,396 2,235,854 (0.9%)
Contract Carriers 6,584,644 6,553,237 0.5%
International 21,207,001 18,469,950 14.8%
Latin America 5,614,537 5,236,132 7.2%
Delta Mainline 5,294,301 5,004,436 5.8%
Comair 5,751 5,544 3.7%
Contract Carriers 314,485 226,152 39.1%
Atlantic 14,529,433 12,620,799 15.1%
Pacific 1,063,031 613,019 73.4%
Total System 60,473,156 58,790,203 2.9%
ASMs (000):
Domestic 47,992,559 49,816,658 (3.7%)
Delta Mainline 36,755,350 38,427,369 (4.4%)
Comair 2,981,150 3,033,613 (1.7%)
Contract Carriers 8,256,059 8,355,676 (1.2%)
International 26,834,904 23,589,874 13.8%
Latin America 7,052,883 7,100,544 (0.7%)
Delta Mainline 6,635,067 6,767,390 (2.0%)
Comair 7,129 6,972 2.3%
Contract Carriers 410,687 326,182 25.9%
Atlantic 18,388,168 15,771,425 16.6%
Pacific 1,393,853 717,905 94.2%
Total System 74,827,463 73,406,532 1.9%
Load Factor
Domestic 81.8% 80.9% 0.9 pts
Delta Mainline 82.9% 82.1% 0.8 pts
Comair 74.3% 73.7% 0.6 pts
Contract Carriers 79.8% 78.4% 1.4 pts
International 79.0% 78.3% 0.7 pts
Latin America 79.6% 73.7% 5.9 pts
Delta Mainline 79.8% 73.9% 5.9 pts
Comair 80.7% 79.5% 1.2 pts
Contract Carriers 76.6% 69.3% 7.3 pts
Atlantic 79.0% 80.0% (1.0)pts
Pacific 76.3% 85.4% (9.1)pts
Total System 80.8% 80.1% 0.7 pts
Passengers Boarded 53,045,282 53,632,287 (1.1%)
Cargo Ton Miles:
Mail 33,970,390 28,616,223 18.7%
Freight 576,304,829 515,539,414 11.8%
Total System 610,275,219 544,155,637 12.2%
Endnote:
(a) Results reflect operations under our contract carrier arrangements
with the following airlines: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.,
Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., ExpressJet Airlines, Freedom Airlines,
Inc., Shuttle America Corp. and SkyWest Airlines Inc. for all periods
presented, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. December 2007.