CHICAGO, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2007. The company reported its highest-ever April passenger load factor of 84.1 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in April by 0.8 percent on a capacity decrease of 0.8 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
April April Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 62,722 63,545 -1.3%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,897 46,331 -0.9%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 5,903 5,841 1.1%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,061,667 5,992,419 1.2%
PACIFIC 2,074,625 2,136,159 -2.9%
ATLANTIC 1,419,496 1,286,957 10.3%
LATIN AMERICA 338,351 396,123 -14.6%
SYSTEM 9,894,139 9,811,658 0.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,018,824 7,136,065 -1.6%
PACIFIC 2,636,234 2,712,566 -2.8%
ATLANTIC 1,686,182 1,539,278 9.5%
LATIN AMERICA 425,112 468,515 -9.3%
SYSTEM 11,766,352 11,856,424 -0.8%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 86.4 84.0 2.4 pts
PACIFIC 78.7 78.8 -0.1 pts
ATLANTIC 84.2 83.6 0.6 pts
LATIN AMERICA 79.6 84.5 -4.9 pts
SYSTEM 84.1 82.8 1.3 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 148,631 146,618 1.4%
MAIL 16,408 31,909 -48.6%
SYSTEM 165,039 178,527 -7.6%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,894,806 9,812,490 0.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,768,839 11,859,826 -0.8%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 15,923,711 15,791,240 0.8%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 18,939,593 19,086,018 -0.8%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,154,547 1,159,777 -0.5%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,733,152 1,886,862 -8.1%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,674,132 1,681,859 -0.5%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,530,402 2,754,819 -8.1%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2007 2006 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 247,563 248,412 -0.3%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 181,912 182,293 -0.2%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 22,249 22,100 0.7%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 22,740,198 22,558,652 0.8%
PACIFIC 8,405,640 8,401,155 0.1%
ATLANTIC 4,950,854 4,544,345 8.9%
LATIN AMERICA 1,521,050 1,732,613 -12.2%
SYSTEM 37,617,742 37,236,765 1.0%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 27,820,663 27,942,054 -0.4%
PACIFIC 10,331,464 10,348,325 -0.2%
ATLANTIC 6,251,253 5,816,340 7.5%
LATIN AMERICA 1,883,634 2,185,052 -13.8%
SYSTEM 46,287,014 46,291,771 0.0%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 81.7 80.7 1.0 pts
PACIFIC 81.4 81.2 0.2 pts
ATLANTIC 79.2 78.1 1.1 pts
LATIN AMERICA 80.8 79.3 1.5 pts
SYSTEM 81.3 80.4 0.9 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 569,929 558,587 2.0%
MAIL 63,810 127,898 -50.1%
SYSTEM 633,739 686,485 -7.7%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 37,623,596 37,274,839 0.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 46,303,495 46,347,602 -0.1%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 60,547,653 59,986,398 0.9%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 74,516,215 74,587,196 -0.1%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 4,396,127 4,413,976 -0.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 7,236,816 7,353,204 -1.6%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 6,374,588 6,401,042 -0.4%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 10,565,751 10,735,678 -1.6%
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