CHICAGO, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for June 2008. The company reported a June passenger load factor of 86.5 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in June by 3.6 percent on a capacity decrease of 0.6 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.
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* Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008. 2008 2007 YOY June June Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 63,497 63,962 -0.7% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,275 46,418 -2.5% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 5,911 6,222 -5.0% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 6,115,238 6,423,368 -4.8% PACIFIC 2,205,937 2,391,612 -7.8% ATLANTIC 1,711,936 1,579,032 8.4% LATIN AMERICA 311,880 332,794 -6.3% SYSTEM 10,344,991 10,726,806 -3.6% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 6,981,565 7,150,039 -2.4% PACIFIC 2,651,906 2,726,498 -2.7% ATLANTIC 1,952,742 1,757,550 11.1% LATIN AMERICA 379,262 399,571 -5.1% SYSTEM 11,965,475 12,033,658 -0.6% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 87.6 89.8 -2.2pts PACIFIC 83.2 87.7 -4.5pts ATLANTIC 87.7 89.8 -2.1pts LATIN AMERICA 82.2 83.3 -1.1pts SYSTEM 86.5 89.1 -2.6pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 149,339 149,855 -0.3% MAIL 24,496 18,359 33.4% SYSTEM 173,835 168,214 3.3% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 10,355,672 10,728,582 -3.5% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,982,936 12,038,473 -0.5% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 16,665,383 17,265,507 -3.5% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,284,139 19,373,515 -0.5% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,209,420 1,241,062 -2.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,776,159 1,928,929 -7.9% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,753,709 1,799,485 -2.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,593,192 2,816,236 -7.9% YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY 2008 2007 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 371,030 375,655 -1.2% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 264,140 275,617 -4.2% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 32,229 34,533 -6.7% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 32,611,440 35,314,311 -7.7% PACIFIC 12,649,899 13,012,678 -2.8% ATLANTIC 8,955,373 8,086,071 10.8% LATIN AMERICA 2,116,257 2,141,340 -1.2% SYSTEM 56,332,969 58,554,400 -3.8% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 39,775,839 42,122,526 -5.6% PACIFIC 16,155,869 15,785,225 2.3% ATLANTIC 11,267,209 9,827,806 14.6% LATIN AMERICA 2,652,066 2,650,765 0.0% SYSTEM 69,850,983 70,386,322 -0.8% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 82.0 83.8 -1.8pts PACIFIC 78.3 82.4 -4.1pts ATLANTIC 79.5 82.3 -2.8pts LATIN AMERICA 79.8 80.8 -1.0pts SYSTEM 80.6 83.2 -2.6pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 885,619 868,819 1.9% MAIL 134,846 99,596 35.4% SYSTEM 1,020,465 968,415 5.4% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 56,369,809 58,562,514 -3.7% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 69,921,715 70,409,519 -0.7% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 90,715,934 94,244,654 -3.7% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 112,525,016 113,310,039 -0.7% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 6,657,461 6,824,651 -2.5% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 11,133,847 11,254,300 -1.1% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 9,654,341 9,895,904 -2.5% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 16,255,417 16,431,278 -1.1%
