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United Airlines Reports April Traffic Results

2008-05-06

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United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2008. The company reported an April passenger load factor of 80.5 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in April by 6.3 percent on a capacity decrease of 2.1 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.

                                                2008         2007       YOY

                                               April        April    Change

  SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:

  REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)                   61,429       62,722      -2.1%



  ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                 44,173       45,897      -3.8%



  REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)             5,416        5,903      -8.3%



  REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):

  NORTH AMERICA                            5,487,665    6,061,648      -9.5%

  PACIFIC                                  1,954,138    2,074,635      -5.8%

  ATLANTIC                                 1,505,533    1,419,508       6.1%

  LATIN AMERICA                              325,408      338,358      -3.8%

  SYSTEM                                   9,272,744    9,894,149      -6.3%



  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):

  NORTH AMERICA                            6,564,792    7,018,959      -6.5%

  PACIFIC                                  2,641,961    2,636,225       0.2%

  ATLANTIC                                 1,905,278    1,686,173      13.0%

  LATIN AMERICA                              402,206      425,098      -5.4%

  SYSTEM                                  11,514,237   11,766,455      -2.1%



  PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):

  NORTH AMERICA                                 83.6         86.4   -2.8 pts

  PACIFIC                                       74.0         78.7   -4.7 pts

  ATLANTIC                                      79.0         84.2   -5.2 pts

  LATIN AMERICA                                 80.9         79.6    1.3 pts

  SYSTEM                                        80.5         84.1   -3.6 pts



  CARGO TON MILES (000):

  FREIGHT                                    151,602      148,631       2.0%

  MAIL                                        22,132       16,408      34.9%

  SYSTEM                                     173,734      165,039       5.3%





  TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):

  REVENUE PASSENGER MILES                  9,276,714    9,894,814      -6.2%

  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                    11,521,872   11,768,943      -2.1%



  REVENUE PSGR. KM.                       14,929,016   15,923,724      -6.2%

  AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                      18,542,149   18,939,760      -2.1%



  TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES                  1,101,421    1,154,522      -4.6%

  TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                   1,712,692    1,881,647      -9.0%



  TOTAL REV. TON KM.                       1,597,286    1,674,092      -4.6%

  TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                     2,500,530    2,747,205      -9.0%







                                       YEAR TO DATE  YEAR TO DATE        YOY

                                               2008          2007     Change

  SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:

  REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)                  244,610      247,563      -1.2%



  ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                173,642      181,912      -4.5%



  REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)            20,661       22,249      -7.1%



  REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):

  NORTH AMERICA                           20,796,493   22,740,179      -8.5%

  PACIFIC                                  8,303,374    8,405,650      -1.2%

  ATLANTIC                                 5,575,938    4,950,866      12.6%

  LATIN AMERICA                            1,515,700    1,521,057      -0.4%

  SYSTEM                                  36,191,505   37,617,752      -3.8%



  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):

  NORTH AMERICA                           26,037,772   27,820,798      -6.4%

  PACIFIC                                 10,771,889   10,331,455       4.3%

  ATLANTIC                                 7,299,321    6,251,244      16.8%

  LATIN AMERICA                            1,911,154    1,883,620       1.5%

  SYSTEM                                  46,020,136   46,287,117      -0.6%



  PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):

  NORTH AMERICA                                 79.9         81.7   -1.8 pts

  PACIFIC                                       77.1         81.4   -4.3 pts

  ATLANTIC                                      76.4         79.2   -2.8 pts

  LATIN AMERICA                                 79.3         80.8   -1.5 pts

  SYSTEM                                        78.6         81.3   -2.7 pts



  CARGO TON MILES (000):

  FREIGHT                                    580,972      569,930       1.9%

  MAIL                                        87,229       63,810      36.7%

  SYSTEM                                     668,201      633,740       5.4%



  TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):

  REVENUE PASSENGER MILES                 36,203,684   37,623,604      -3.8%



  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                    46,050,410   46,303,599      -0.5%



  REVENUE PSGR. KM.                       58,262,589   60,547,666      -3.8%

  AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                      74,108,925   74,516,382      -0.5%



  TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES                  4,288,584    4,396,101      -2.4%

  TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                   7,286,285    7,385,311      -1.3%



  TOTAL REV. TON KM.                       6,219,227    6,374,548      -2.4%

  TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                    10,637,976   10,782,554      -1.3%