Delta Air Lines January Traffic Down 1.5%

ATLANTA (dpa-AFX) - Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) Monday reported a decline in traffic for January 2012, however the load factor increased as the airlines lowered its capacity. Traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles, for the period dropped 1.5 percent to 13.91 billion RPMs from 14.12 billion RPMs. Capacity for January, measured in available seat miles, was lowered 4.3 percent to 17.95 billion ASMs from 18.77 billion ASMs last year. Load factor for January improved 2.3 percentage points to 77.5 percent from 75.2 percent last year.

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