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Continental Airlines Reports July 2008 Operational Performance |
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Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) today reported a July consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 84.2 percent, 2.2 points below the July 2007 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 85.3 percent, 1.7 points below the July 2007 mainline load factor. |
In addition, the carrier reported a domestic mainline July load factor of 85.5 percent, 2.5 points below the July 2007 domestic mainline load factor, and an international mainline load factor of 85.0 percent, 1.0 point below July 2007.
During the month, Continental recorded a U.S. Department of Transportation on-time arrival rate of 76.1 percent and a mainline segment completion factor of 99.1 percent.
In July 2008, Continental flew 9.2 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 10.9 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a consolidated traffic increase of 1.6 percent and a capacity increase of 4.3 percent as compared to July 2007. In July 2008, Continental flew 8.3 billion mainline RPMs and 9.7 billion mainline ASMs, resulting in a mainline traffic increase of 1.1 percent and a mainline capacity increase of 3.2 percent as compared to July 2007. Domestic mainline traffic was 4.2 billion RPMs in July 2008, down 1.7 percent from July 2007, and domestic mainline capacity was 4.9 billion ASMs, up 1.2 percent from July 2007.
For July 2008 both consolidated and mainline passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) are estimated to have increased between 4.5 and 5.5 percent compared to July 2007. For June 2008, consolidated passenger RASM increased 4.1 percent compared to June 2007, while mainline passenger RASM increased 3.5 percent compared to June 2007.
Continental's regional operations had a July load factor of 76.0 percent, 5.5 points below the July 2007 regional load factor. Regional RPMs were 935.8 million and regional ASMs were 1,231.6 million in July 2008, resulting in a traffic increase of 6.0 percent and a capacity increase of 13.7 percent versus July 2007.
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