CHICAGO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2008. The company reported a September passenger load factor of 79.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in September by 9.2 percent on a capacity decrease of 8.6 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 September September Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 54,319 60,508 -10.2% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 39,526 44,326 -10.8% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 4,844 5,258 -7.9% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 4,770,028 5,259,338 -9.3% PACIFIC 1,711,923 2,160,159 -20.8% ATLANTIC 1,642,201 1,525,885 7.6% LATIN AMERICA 209,725 231,149 -9.3% SYSTEM 8,333,877 9,176,531 -9.2% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 5,913,053 6,630,833 -10.8% PACIFIC 2,291,542 2,749,030 -16.6% ATLANTIC 1,948,956 1,749,403 11.4% LATIN AMERICA 306,032 313,059 -2.2% SYSTEM 10,459,583 11,442,325 -8.6% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 80.7 79.3 1.4pts PACIFIC 74.7 78.6 -3.9pts ATLANTIC 84.3 87.2 -2.9pts LATIN AMERICA 68.5 73.8 -5.3pts SYSTEM 79.7 80.2 -0.5pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 134,226 151,415 -11.4% MAIL 22,904 20,086 14.0% SYSTEM 157,130 171,501 -8.4% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 8,367,591 9,181,286 -8.9% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 10,504,121 11,455,995 -8.3% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 13,465,964 14,775,444 -8.9% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 16,904,282 18,436,133 -8.3% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 993,905 1,089,631 -8.8% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,578,899 1,849,892 -14.7% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,441,369 1,580,182 -8.8% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,305,193 2,700,842 -14.7% YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY 2008 2007 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 555,221 569,843 -2.6% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 396,000 416,482 -4.9% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 48,971 52,330 -6.4% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 49,748,067 53,688,517 -7.3% PACIFIC 18,598,791 19,973,060 -6.9% ATLANTIC 14,121,972 12,778,401 10.5% LATIN AMERICA 2,974,542 3,053,178 -2.6% SYSTEM 85,443,372 89,493,156 -4.5% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 60,028,607 63,697,544 -5.8% PACIFIC 23,802,444 24,204,015 -1.7% ATLANTIC 17,239,520 15,205,365 13.4% LATIN AMERICA 3,748,903 3,789,178 -1.1% SYSTEM 104,819,474 106,896,102 -1.9% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 82.9 84.3 -1.4pts PACIFIC 78.1 82.5 -4.4pts ATLANTIC 81.9 84.0 -2.1pts LATIN AMERICA 79.3 80.6 -1.3pts SYSTEM 81.5 83.7 -2.2pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 1,294,166 1,316,974 -1.7% MAIL 203,565 154,696 31.6% SYSTEM 1,497,731 1,471,670 1.8% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 85,543,716 89,508,547 -4.4% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 105,003,530 106,940,883 -1.8% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 137,665,502 144,046,105 -4.4% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 168,982,181 172,099,963 -1.8% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 10,052,121 10,422,504 -3.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 16,820,196 17,116,375 -1.7% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 14,576,607 15,112,787 -3.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 24,557,486 24,989,908 -1.7%
