United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2008. The company reported a May passenger load factor of 82.6 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in May by 4.1 percent on a capacity decrease of 1.7 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.
2008 2007 YOY
May May Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 62,923 64,130 -1.9%
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,223 47,287 -4.4%
REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 5,657 6,062 -6.7%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
(000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,699,686 6,150,764 -7.3%
PACIFIC 2,140,598 2,215,416 -3.4%
ATLANTIC 1,667,491 1,556,173 7.2%
LATIN AMERICA 288,660 287,489 0.4%
SYSTEM 9,796,435 10,209,842 -4.1%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,756,266 7,151,689 -5.5%
PACIFIC 2,732,049 2,727,272 0.2%
ATLANTIC 2,015,139 1,819,012 10.8%
LATIN AMERICA 361,646 367,574 -1.6%
SYSTEM 11,865,100 12,065,547 -1.7%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
(PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 84.4 86.0 -1.6 pts
PACIFIC 78.4 81.2 -2.8 pts
ATLANTIC 82.7 85.6 -2.9 pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.8 78.2 1.6 pts
SYSTEM 82.6 84.6 -2.0 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 155,308 149,034 4.2%
MAIL 23,122 17,427 32.7%
SYSTEM 178,430 166,461 7.2%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,810,411 10,210,328 -3.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,888,098 12,067,447 -1.5%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 15,787,894 16,431,481 -3.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,131,516 19,420,142 -1.5%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,159,498 1,187,488 -2.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,768,069 1,940,060 -8.9%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,681,457 1,721,870 -2.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,581,381 2,832,488 -8.9%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2008 2007 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 307,533 311,693 -1.3%
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 218,865 229,199 -4.5%
REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED
(000) 26,318 28,311 -7.0%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
(000):
NORTH AMERICA 26,496,203 28,890,943 -8.3%
PACIFIC 10,443,960 10,621,066 -1.7%
ATLANTIC 7,243,436 6,507,039 11.3%
LATIN AMERICA 1,804,365 1,808,546 -0.2%
SYSTEM 45,987,964 47,827,594 -3.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 32,794,154 34,972,487 -6.2%
PACIFIC 13,503,939 13,058,727 3.4%
ATLANTIC 9,314,463 8,070,256 15.4%
LATIN AMERICA 2,272,811 2,251,194 1.0%
SYSTEM 57,885,367 58,352,664 -0.8%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
(PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 80.8 82.6 -1.8 pts
PACIFIC 77.3 81.3 -4.0 pts
ATLANTIC 77.8 80.6 -2.8 pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.4 80.3 -0.9 pts
SYSTEM 79.4 82.0 -2.6 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 736,280 718,964 2.4%
MAIL 110,350 81,237 35.8%
SYSTEM 846,630 800,201 5.8%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 46,014,115 47,833,932 -3.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 57,938,634 58,371,046 -0.7%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 74,050,515 76,979,147 -3.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 93,240,644 93,936,524 -0.7%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 5,448,067 5,583,589 -2.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 9,203,466 9,325,371 -1.3%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 7,900,667 8,096,419 -2.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 13,437,060 13,615,042 -1.3%
