CHICAGO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2007. The company reported that it tied its record for the highest-ever September passenger load factor of 80.2 percent, which it previously reached in September 2005. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in September by 0.8 percent on a capacity decrease of 1.7 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 September September Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 60,508 62,635 -3.4% NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 44,326 46,108 -3.9% REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 5,257 5,418 -3.0% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 5,259,338 5,487,138 -4.2% PACIFIC 2,160,167 2,073,358 4.2% ATLANTIC 1,525,886 1,434,681 6.4% LATIN AMERICA 231,142 257,697 -10.3% SYSTEM 9,176,533 9,252,874 -0.8% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 6,630,739 7,037,849 -5.8% PACIFIC 2,749,027 2,612,421 5.2% ATLANTIC 1,749,416 1,632,627 7.2% LATIN AMERICA 313,051 354,195 -11.6% SYSTEM 11,442,233 11,637,092 -1.7% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 79.3 78.0 1.3pts PACIFIC 78.6 79.4 -0.8pts ATLANTIC 87.2 87.9 -0.7pts LATIN AMERICA 73.8 72.8 1.0pts SYSTEM 80.2 79.5 0.7pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 151,415 151,114 0.2% MAIL 20,087 15,506 29.5% SYSTEM 171,502 166,620 2.9% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,181,287 9,301,551 -1.3% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,455,905 11,700,403 -2.1% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,775,445 14,968,986 -1.3% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 18,435,988 18,829,459 -2.1% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,089,639 1,096,780 -0.7% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,699,485 1,867,272 -9.0% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,580,196 1,590,470 -0.7% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,481,248 2,726,217 -9.0% YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY 2007 2006 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES (000) 569,844 578,768 -1.5% NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 416,482 423,633 -1.7% REVENUE PASSENGERS (000) 52,329 52,580 -0.5% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 53,688,517 53,963,529 -0.5% PACIFIC 19,973,068 19,753,126 1.1% ATLANTIC 12,778,402 11,832,330 8.0% LATIN AMERICA 3,053,171 3,525,616 -13.4% SYSTEM 89,493,158 89,074,601 0.5% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 63,697,450 65,453,044 -2.7% PACIFIC 24,204,012 23,673,373 2.2% ATLANTIC 15,205,378 14,080,333 8.0% LATIN AMERICA 3,789,170 4,349,685 -12.9% SYSTEM 106,896,010 107,556,435 -0.6% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 84.3 82.4 1.9pts PACIFIC 82.5 83.4 -0.9pts ATLANTIC 84.0 84.0 0.0pts LATIN AMERICA 80.6 81.1 -0.5pts SYSTEM 83.7 82.8 0.9pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 1,316,973 1,290,665 2.0% MAIL 154,696 234,348 -34.0% SYSTEM 1,471,669 1,525,013 -3.5% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 89,508,548 89,236,312 0.3% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 106,940,793 107,779,656 -0.8% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 144,046,106 143,607,997 0.3% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 172,099,818 173,449,800 -0.8% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 10,422,512 10,448,652 -0.3% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 16,965,968 17,110,123 -0.8% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 15,112,800 15,151,238 -0.3% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 24,770,313 24,980,780 -0.8%
