CHICAGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2008. The company reported a March passenger load factor of 82.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in March by 2.7 percent on unchanged capacity or scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.
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*Based on the flight schedule between Feb. 12, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008. 2008 2007 YOY March March Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 64,611 65,131 -0.8 % ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,753 48,062 -4.8 % REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 5,748 6,132 -6.3 % REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 5,826,317 6,267,378 -7.0 % PACIFIC 2,247,761 2,283,648 -1.6 % ATLANTIC 1,552,879 1,348,248 15.2 % LATIN AMERICA 414,281 416,534 -0.5 % SYSTEM 10,041,238 10,315,808 -2.7 % AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 6,988,632 7,398,285 -5.5 % PACIFIC 2,773,883 2,642,328 5.0 % ATLANTIC 1,865,460 1,589,367 17.4 % LATIN AMERICA 509,544 509,668 0.0 % SYSTEM 12,137,519 12,139,648 0.0 % PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 83.4 84.7 -1.3 pts PACIFIC 81.0 86.4 -5.4 pts ATLANTIC 83.2 84.8 -1.6 pts LATIN AMERICA 81.3 81.7 -0.4 pts SYSTEM 82.7 85.0 -2.3 pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 160,593 158,114 1.6 % MAIL 22,727 17,140 32.6 % SYSTEM 183,320 175,254 4.6 % TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,042,060 10,317,835 -2.7 % AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,140,568 12,145,591 0.0 % REVENUE PSGR. KM. 16,160,687 16,604,492 -2.7 % AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,537,816 19,545,900 0.0 % TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,187,532 1,207,035 -1.6 % TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,800,568 1,929,632 -6.7 % TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,722,117 1,750,273 -1.6 % TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,628,829 2,817,263 -6.7 % YEAR TO YEAR TO DATE DATE YOY 2008 2007 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 183,182 184,841 -0.9 % ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 129,469 136,015 -4.8 % REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 15,245 16,346 -6.7 % REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 15,308,795 16,678,531 -8.2 % PACIFIC 6,349,227 6,331,015 0.3 % ATLANTIC 4,070,405 3,531,358 15.3 % LATIN AMERICA 1,190,296 1,182,699 0.6 % SYSTEM 26,918,723 27,723,603 -2.9 % AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 19,472,818 20,801,839 -6.4 % PACIFIC 8,129,951 7,695,230 5.6 % ATLANTIC 5,394,047 4,565,071 18.2 % LATIN AMERICA 1,508,954 1,458,522 3.5 % SYSTEM 34,505,770 34,520,662 0.0 % PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 78.6 80.2 -1.6 pts PACIFIC 78.1 82.3 -4.2 pts ATLANTIC 75.5 77.4 -1.9 pts LATIN AMERICA 78.9 81.1 -2.2 pts SYSTEM 78.0 80.3 -2.3 pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 429,370 421,299 1.9 % MAIL 65,096 47,402 37.3 % SYSTEM 494,466 468,701 5.5 % TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 26,926,931 27,728,790 -2.9 % AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 34,528,405 34,534,656 0.0 % REVENUE PSGR. KM. 43,333,510 44,623,942 -2.9 % AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 55,566,562 55,576,622 0.0 % TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 3,187,169 3,241,579 -1.7 % TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 5,421,104 5,503,664 -1.5 % TOTAL REV. TON KM. 4,621,946 4,700,456 -1.7 % TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 7,914,812 8,035,349 -1.5 %
