CHICAGO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for July 2006. The company reported its highest-ever July passenger load factor of 87.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in July by 3.4 percent on a capacity increase of 1.9 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.
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2006 2005 YOY
July July Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 68,066 66,617 2.2%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 49,132 47,744 2.9%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 6,476 6,175 4.9%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,773,931 6,517,632 3.9%
PACIFIC 2,335,137 2,351,051 -0.7%
ATLANTIC 1,536,436 1,500,225 2.4%
LATIN AMERICA 426,958 334,649 27.6%
SYSTEM 11,072,462 10,703,557 3.4%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,750,080 7,480,113 3.6%
PACIFIC 2,696,176 2,807,126 -4.0%
ATLANTIC 1,696,337 1,701,453 -0.3%
LATIN AMERICA 482,284 395,960 21.8%
SYSTEM 12,624,877 12,384,652 1.9%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 87.4 87.1 0.3 pts
PACIFIC 86.6 83.8 2.8 pts
ATLANTIC 90.6 88.2 2.4 pts
LATIN AMERICA 88.5 84.5 4.0 pts
SYSTEM 87.7 86.4 1.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 144,896 135,135 7.2%
MAIL 15,194 25,417 -40.2%
SYSTEM 160,090 160,552 -0.3%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 11,092,972 10,703,726 3.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,654,632 12,385,596 2.2%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 17,851,920 17,225,506 3.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 20,365,099 19,932,140 2.2%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,269,399 1,230,930 3.1%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,855,977 1,974,854 -6.0%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,840,421 1,784,701 3.1%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,709,726 2,883,287 -6.0%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2006 2005 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 447,310 438,531 2.0%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 327,345 320,080 2.3%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 40,957 38,937 5.2%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 42,033,919 39,880,296 5.4%
PACIFIC 15,353,618 14,965,619 2.6%
ATLANTIC 8,961,278 9,184,848 -2.4%
LATIN AMERICA 2,875,715 2,481,478 15.9%
SYSTEM 69,224,530 66,512,241 4.1%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 50,594,831 48,672,602 3.9%
PACIFIC 18,357,029 18,418,623 -0.3%
ATLANTIC 10,756,233 11,164,138 -3.7%
LATIN AMERICA 3,516,330 3,170,614 10.9%
SYSTEM 83,224,423 81,425,977 2.2%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.1 81.9 1.2 pts
PACIFIC 83.6 81.3 2.3 pts
ATLANTIC 83.3 82.3 1.0 pts
LATIN AMERICA 81.8 78.3 3.5 pts
SYSTEM 83.2 81.7 1.5 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 999,030 942,388 6.0%
MAIL 203,025 214,443 -5.3%
SYSTEM 1,202,055 1,156,831 3.9%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 69,298,236 66,789,155 3.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 83,333,735 81,776,898 1.9%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 111,521,651 107,483,787 3.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 134,108,980 131,603,562 1.9%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 8,131,897 7,835,748 3.8%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 13,074,318 13,069,418 0.0%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 11,791,966 11,362,513 3.8%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 19,088,504 19,081,350 0.0%
