United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2008. The company reported an August passenger load factor of 84.5 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in August by 5.1 percent on a capacity decrease of 3.1 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.
2008 2007 YOY
August August Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 64,495 67,031 -3.8%
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,902 48,489 -5.3%
REVENUE PASSENGERS
BOARDED (000) 5,919 6,258 -5.4%
REVENUE PASSENGER
MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,119,891 6,560,113 -6.7%
PACIFIC 2,111,369 2,388,466 -11.6%
ATLANTIC 1,741,814 1,562,745 11.5%
LATIN AMERICA 315,009 330,829 -4.8%
SYSTEM 10,288,083 10,842,153 -5.1%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,102,875 7,494,773 -5.2%
PACIFIC 2,678,986 2,839,516 -5.7%
ATLANTIC 1,996,215 1,818,583 9.8%
LATIN AMERICA 397,045 412,430 -3.7%
SYSTEM 12,175,121 12,565,302 -3.1%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
(PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 86.2 87.5 -1.3pts
PACIFIC 78.8 84.1 -5.3pts
ATLANTIC 87.3 85.9 1.4pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.3 80.2 -0.9pts
SYSTEM 84.5 86.3 -1.8pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 133,479 144,996 -7.9%
MAIL 22,560 17,827 26.5%
SYSTEM 156,039 162,823 -4.2%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,304,579 10,844,393 -5.0%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,221,207 12,571,963 -2.8%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 16,583,159 17,451,882 -5.0%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,667,588 20,232,060 -2.8%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,186,517 1,247,262 -4.9%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,816,350 2,010,719 -9.7%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,720,332 1,808,388 -4.9%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,651,871 2,935,650 -9.7%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2008 2007 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 500,901 509,335 -1.7%
ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 356,474 372,156 -4.2%
REVENUE PASSENGERS
BOARDED (000) 44,127 47,072 -6.3%
REVENUE PASSENGER
MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 44,978,073 48,429,179 -7.1%
PACIFIC 16,886,871 17,812,901 -5.2%
ATLANTIC 12,479,776 11,252,516 10.9%
LATIN AMERICA 2,764,816 2,822,029 -2.0%
SYSTEM 77,109,536 80,316,625 -4.0%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 54,115,446 57,066,711 -5.2%
PACIFIC 21,510,908 21,454,985 0.3%
ATLANTIC 15,290,574 13,455,962 13.6%
LATIN AMERICA 3,442,869 3,476,119 -1.0%
SYSTEM 94,359,797 95,453,777 -1.1%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
(PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.1 84.9 -1.8pts
PACIFIC 78.5 83.0 -4.5pts
ATLANTIC 81.6 83.6 -2.0pts
LATIN AMERICA 80.3 81.2 -0.9pts
SYSTEM 81.7 84.1 -2.4pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 1,159,940 1,165,559 -0.5%
MAIL 180,661 134,610 34.2%
SYSTEM 1,340,601 1,300,169 3.1%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 77,176,172 80,327,261 -3.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 94,499,320 95,484,888 -1.0%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 124,199,614 129,270,661 -3.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 152,077,756 153,663,830 -1.0%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 9,058,236 9,332,873 -2.9%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 15,088,334 15,266,483 -1.2%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 13,135,275 13,532,604 -2.9%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 22,028,968 22,289,065 -1.2%
