CHICAGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2008. The company reported a November passenger load factor of 76.9 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in November by 17.0 percent on a capacity decrease of 14.2 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.
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*Based on United's flight schedule between October 2008 and October 2009. 2008 2007 YOY November November Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 50,313 60,140 -16.3% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 35,762 43,769 -18.3% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 4,321 5,254 -17.8% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 4,326,911 5,293,307 -18.3% PACIFIC 1,628,066 2,058,662 -20.9% ATLANTIC 1,255,895 1,331,191 -5.7% LATIN AMERICA 262,389 321,921 -18.5% SYSTEM 7,473,261 9,005,081 -17.0% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 5,471,805 6,589,580 -17.0% PACIFIC 2,216,100 2,669,782 -17.0% ATLANTIC 1,629,487 1,641,091 -0.7% LATIN AMERICA 395,302 414,619 -4.7% SYSTEM 9,712,694 11,315,072 -14.2% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 79.1 80.3 -1.2pts PACIFIC 73.5 77.1 -3.6pts ATLANTIC 77.1 81.1 -4.0pts LATIN AMERICA 66.4 77.6 -11.2pts SYSTEM 76.9 79.6 -2.7pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 117,554 158,785 -26.0% MAIL 21,913 23,907 -8.3% SYSTEM 139,467 182,692 -23.7% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 7,532,418 9,007,814 -16.4% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 9,785,431 11,320,279 -13.6% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 12,121,920 14,496,275 -16.4% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 15,747,694 18,217,725 -13.6% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 892,708 1,083,472 -17.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,467,338 1,818,723 -19.3% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,294,594 1,571,394 -17.6% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,142,313 2,655,336 -19.3% YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY 2008 2007 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000) 661,189 692,822 -4.6% ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 472,425 506,637 -6.8% REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000) 58,413 63,234 -7.6% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 59,161,975 64,653,268 -8.5% PACIFIC 22,024,739 24,199,682 -9.0% ATLANTIC 16,946,257 15,604,952 8.6% LATIN AMERICA 3,465,738 3,651,465 -5.1% SYSTEM 101,598,709 108,109,367 -6.0% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 71,560,596 77,223,520 -7.3% PACIFIC 28,392,345 29,649,261 -4.2% ATLANTIC 20,802,558 18,633,591 11.6% LATIN AMERICA 4,461,191 4,559,316 -2.2% SYSTEM 125,216,690 130,065,688 -3.7% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 82.7 83.7 -1.0pts PACIFIC 77.6 81.6 -4.0pts ATLANTIC 81.5 83.7 -2.2pts LATIN AMERICA 77.7 80.1 -2.4pts SYSTEM 81.1 83.1 -2.0pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 1,550,617 1,639,319 -5.4% MAIL 249,631 200,679 24.4% SYSTEM 1,800,248 1,839,998 -2.2% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 101,843,957 108,130,166 -5.8% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 125,578,597 130,122,535 -3.5% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 163,897,480 174,013,876 -5.8% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 202,093,636 209,406,196 -3.5% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 11,984,646 12,652,993 -5.3% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 20,184,289 20,847,485 -3.2% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 17,379,134 18,347,645 -5.3% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 29,469,062 30,437,328 -3.2%
