CHICAGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2007. The company reported its highest-ever January passenger load factor of 78 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in January by 2 percent on a capacity increase of 1.6 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2006.
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*Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007.
2007 2006 YOY
January January Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 63,307 62,214 1.8%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 46,688 45,586 2.4%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 5,323 5,248 1.4%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,421,787 5,305,514 2.2%
PACIFIC 2,190,897 2,167,666 1.1%
ATLANTIC 1,196,382 1,107,921 8.0%
LATIN AMERICA 407,085 450,845 -9.7%
SYSTEM 9,216,151 9,031,946 2.0%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,082,636 6,926,847 2.2%
PACIFIC 2,662,146 2,633,769 1.1%
ATLANTIC 1,568,475 1,478,974 6.1%
LATIN AMERICA 502,773 586,691 -14.3%
SYSTEM 11,816,030 11,626,281 1.6%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 76.6 76.6 0.0 pts
PACIFIC 82.3 82.3 0.0 pts
ATLANTIC 76.3 74.9 1.4 pts
LATIN AMERICA 81.0 76.8 4.2 pts
SYSTEM 78.0 77.7 0.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 127,219 125,961 1.0%
MAIL 15,125 33,757 -55.2%
SYSTEM 142,344 159,718 -10.9%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,216,698 9,057,459 1.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,817,127 11,660,641 1.3%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,832,432 14,576,169 1.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,017,302 18,765,470 1.3%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,064,013 1,065,463 -0.1%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,742,956 1,855,357 -6.1%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,542,740 1,545,043 -0.1%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,544,716 2,708,821 -6.1%
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