CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2006. The company reported its highest-ever May passenger load factor of 83.8 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in May by 4.5 percent on a capacity increase of 2.1 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2005.
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*Based on the flight schedule between May 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2006.
2006 2005 YOY
May May Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 65,300,000 63,764,000 2.4%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 48,151 46,569 3.4%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 6,057,000 5,730,000 5.7%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
(000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,178,921 5,833,475 5.9%
PACIFIC 2,255,524 2,181,002 3.4%
ATLANTIC 1,383,524 1,390,056 -0.5%
LATIN AMERICA 342,255 315,751 8.4%
SYSTEM 10,160,224 9,720,284 4.5%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,400,658 7,080,952 4.5%
PACIFIC 2,694,119 2,716,637 -0.8%
ATLANTIC 1,619,208 1,645,548 -1.6%
LATIN AMERICA 411,974 433,882 -5.1%
SYSTEM 12,125,959 11,877,019 2.1%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.5 82.4 1.1 pts
PACIFIC 83.7 80.3 3.4 pts
ATLANTIC 85.4 84.5 0.9 pts
LATIN AMERICA 83.1 72.8 10.3 pts
SYSTEM 83.8 81.8 2.0 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 143,357 142,140 0.9%
MAIL 30,341 28,303 7.2%
SYSTEM 173,698 170,443 1.9%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,175,004 9,729,699 4.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,147,688 11,891,380 2.2%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 16,374,634 15,658,005 4.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,549,274 19,136,798 2.2%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,191,212 1,143,410 4.2%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,785,421 1,906,399 -6.3%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,727,337 1,658,067 4.2%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,606,715 2,783,343 -6.3%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2006 2005 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 313,712,000 307,768,000 1.9%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 230,444 225,925 2.0%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 28,157,000 26,664,000 5.6%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
(000):
NORTH AMERICA 28,737,573 27,014,474 6.4%
PACIFIC 10,656,679 10,263,576 3.8%
ATLANTIC 5,927,869 6,193,855 -4.3%
LATIN AMERICA 2,074,868 1,827,753 13.5%
SYSTEM 47,396,989 45,299,658 4.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 35,342,712 33,979,030 4.0%
PACIFIC 13,042,444 12,924,773 0.9%
ATLANTIC 7,435,548 7,825,872 -5.0%
LATIN AMERICA 2,597,026 2,389,451 8.7%
SYSTEM 58,417,730 57,119,126 2.3%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
(PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 81.3 79.5 1.8 pts
PACIFIC 81.7 79.4 2.3 pts
ATLANTIC 79.7 79.1 0.6 pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.9 76.5 3.4 pts
SYSTEM 81.1 79.3 1.8 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 701,944 669,502 4.8%
MAIL 158,238 161,441 -2.0%
SYSTEM 860,182 830,943 3.5%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 47,449,843 45,576,192 4.1%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 58,495,290 57,468,504 1.8%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 76,361,032 73,345,766 4.1%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 94,136,470 92,484,063 1.8%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 5,605,187 5,388,557 4.0%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 9,138,625 9,190,886 -0.6%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 8,128,378 7,814,295 4.0%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 13,342,393 13,418,694 -0.6%
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