CHICAGO, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for June 2007. The company reported its highest-ever June passenger load factor of 89.1 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in June by 0.3 percent on a capacity decrease of 1.2 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
June June Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 63,962 65,532 -2.4%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 46,418 47,769 -2.8%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 6,222 6,324 -1.6%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,423,270 6,522,409 -1.5%
PACIFIC 2,391,619 2,361,814 1.3%
ATLANTIC 1,579,026 1,496,971 5.5%
LATIN AMERICA 332,793 373,888 -11.0%
SYSTEM 10,726,708 10,755,082 -0.3%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,149,952 7,502,047 -4.7%
PACIFIC 2,726,505 2,618,419 4.1%
ATLANTIC 1,757,546 1,624,353 8.2%
LATIN AMERICA 399,563 437,018 -8.6%
SYSTEM 12,033,566 12,181,837 -1.2%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 89.8 86.9 2.9 pts
PACIFIC 87.7 90.2 -2.5 pts
ATLANTIC 89.8 92.2 -2.4 pts
LATIN AMERICA 83.3 85.6 -2.3 pts
SYSTEM 89.1 88.3 0.8 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 149,855 152,189 -1.5%
MAIL 18,358 29,593 -38.0%
SYSTEM 168,213 181,782 -7.5%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,728,484 10,755,421 -0.3%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,038,383 12,183,835 -1.2%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 17,265,349 17,308,699 -0.3%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,373,370 19,607,446 -1.2%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,241,077 1,257,324 -1.3%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,776,717 1,932,483 -8.1%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,799,495 1,823,184 -1.3%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,594,007 2,821,425 -8.1%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2007 2006 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 375,656 379,244 -0.9%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 275,617 278,213 -0.9%
REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 34,533 34,481 0.2%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 35,314,213 35,259,988 0.2%
PACIFIC 13,012,685 13,018,481 0.0%
ATLANTIC 8,086,065 7,424,842 8.9%
LATIN AMERICA 2,141,339 2,448,757 -12.6%
SYSTEM 58,554,302 58,152,068 0.7%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 42,122,439 42,844,751 -1.7%
PACIFIC 15,785,232 15,660,853 0.8%
ATLANTIC 9,827,802 9,059,896 8.5%
LATIN AMERICA 2,650,757 3,034,046 -12.6%
SYSTEM 70,386,230 70,599,546 -0.3%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 83.8 82.3 1.5 pts
PACIFIC 82.4 83.1 -0.7 pts
ATLANTIC 82.3 82.0 0.3 pts
LATIN AMERICA 80.8 80.7 0.1 pts
SYSTEM 83.2 82.4 0.8 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 868,820 854,134 1.7%
MAIL 99,596 187,831 -47.0%
SYSTEM 968,416 1,041,965 -7.1%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 58,562,416 58,205,264 0.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 70,409,429 70,679,103 -0.4%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 94,244,496 93,669,731 0.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 113,309,894 113,743,880 -0.4%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 6,824,666 6,862,498 -0.6%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 11,102,088 11,218,341 -1.0%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 9,895,913 9,951,542 -0.6%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 16,209,048 16,378,778 -1.0%