CHICAGO, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2005. The company reported its highest-ever December passenger load factor of 80 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in December by 0.5 percent on a capacity decrease of 2.3 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2004.
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United Airlines (BULLETIN BOARD: UALAQ) operates more than 3,400 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia- Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 790 destinations in 138 countries worldwide. United's 57,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.
2005 2004 YOY
December December Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 63,018,000 65,293,000 -3.5%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 46,442 49,587 -6.3%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 5,578,000 5,700,000 -2.1%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,700,478 5,752,648 -0.9%
PACIFIC 2,166,089 2,036,462 6.4%
ATLANTIC 1,198,050 1,266,727 -5.4%
LATIN AMERICA 387,496 346,206 11.9%
SYSTEM 9,452,113 9,402,043 0.5%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,150,026 7,434,657 -3.8%
PACIFIC 2,661,490 2,620,908 1.5%
ATLANTIC 1,488,945 1,586,808 -6.2%
LATIN AMERICA 513,101 451,776 13.6%
SYSTEM 11,813,562 12,094,149 -2.3%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 79.7 77.4 2.3 pts
PACIFIC 81.4 77.7 3.7 pts
ATLANTIC 80.5 79.8 0.7 pts
LATIN AMERICA 75.5 76.6 -1.1 pts
SYSTEM 80.0 77.7 2.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 134,772 133,032 1.3%
MAIL 44,740 48,783 -8.3%
SYSTEM 179,512 181,815 -1.3%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,473,252 9,447,147 0.3%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,845,330 12,151,296 -2.5%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 15,245,304 15,203,294 0.3%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,062,690 19,555,081 -2.5%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,126,837 1,126,530 0.0%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,737,045 1,928,337 -9.9%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,634,165 1,633,746 0.0%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,536,086 2,815,372 -9.9%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2005 2004 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 751,010,000 792,306,000 -5.2%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 549,781 613,991 -10.5%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 66,717,000 70,787,000 -5.8%
REVENUE PASSENGER
MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 68,302,138 72,600,358 -5.9%
PACIFIC 25,821,884 23,109,862 11.7%
ATLANTIC 15,759,172 15,374,717 2.5%
LATIN AMERICA 4,014,735 3,449,243 16.4%
SYSTEM 113,897,929 114,534,180 -0.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 83,831,602 93,349,034 -10.2%
PACIFIC 31,674,230 28,037,186 13.0%
ATLANTIC 19,143,435 18,720,208 2.3%
LATIN AMERICA 5,156,649 4,436,694 16.2%
SYSTEM 139,805,916 144,543,122 -3.3%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 81.5 77.8 3.7 pts
PACIFIC 81.5 82.4 -0.9 pts
ATLANTIC 82.3 82.1 0.2 pts
LATIN AMERICA 77.9 77.7 0.2 pts
SYSTEM 81.5 79.2 2.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 1,645,865 1,607,297 2.4%
MAIL 373,961 382,964 -2.4%
SYSTEM 2,019,826 1,990,261 1.5%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 114,271,540 115,198,330 -0.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 140,300,211 145,360,950 -3.5%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 183,897,189 185,388,672 -0.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 225,785,130 233,929,377 -3.5%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 13,446,994 13,510,115 -0.5%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 22,261,581 22,934,634 -2.9%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 19,499,693 19,590,760 -0.5%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 32,501,908 33,484,566 -2.9%
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