ATLANTA, Sept. 4, 2008 – Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for August 2008. International traffic increased 17.4 percent year over year on a 15.1 percent increase in capacity, and load factor increased 1.6 points. As a result of Delta’s global expansion, a record number of passengers flew internationally on Delta during the month of August. The number of international and Atlantic passengers increased 8.7 percent and 18.6 percent, respectively, versus the same period last year.
Delta’s domestic traffic in August 2008 decreased 9.6 percent year over year on 10.6 percent lower capacity. Domestic load factor was 86.3 percent, an increase of 1.0 point compared to August 2007 and higher than any previous August on record for Delta. In addition, system traffic in August 2008 decreased 0.5 percent over August 2007 on a capacity decrease of 1.6 percent. Delta’s system load factor increased 0.9 points compared to the same period last year.
“In August, Delta’s international markets posted very strong unit revenue performance across all regions driven by robust demand and significantly higher yields year over year. These results reflect the continued strength of Delta’s international expansion strategy as well as our vigilant focus on aggressive yield management” said Gail Grimmett, Delta’s senior vice president - Revenue Management. “On the domestic side, August typically begins the slower fall season; however, the capacity reductions we’ve implemented have had the desired effect of improving year-over-year yields and driving solid unit revenue performance.”
Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 290 destinations in 60 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 44 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 288 weekly flights to 42 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 500 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.
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August 2008 |
August 2007 |
Change |
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RPMs (000): |
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Domestic |
7,165,436 |
7,922,620 |
(9.6%) |
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Delta Mainline |
5,627,082 |
6,211,973 |
(9.4%) |
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Comair |
373,694 |
431,786 |
(13.5%) |
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Contract Carriers |
1,164,660 |
1,278,861 |
(8.9%) |
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International |
4,678,082 |
3,983,973 |
17.4% |
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Latin America |
965,845 |
964,260 |
0.2% |
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Delta Mainline |
932,529 |
908,583 |
2.6% |
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Comair |
804 |
554 |
45.1% |
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Contract Carriers |
32,512 |
55,123 |
(41.0%) |
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Atlantic |
3,445,854 |
2,861,253 |
20.4% |
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Pacific |
266,383 |
158,460 |
68.1% |
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System |
11,843,518 |
11,906,593 |
(0.5%) |
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ASMs (000): |
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Domestic |
8,210,451 |
9,180,960 |
(10.6%) |
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Delta Mainline |
6,340,652 |
7,089,610 |
(10.6%) |
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Comair |
470,979 |
533,602 |
(11.7%) |
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Contract Carriers |
1,398,820 |
1,557,748 |
(10.2%) |
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International |
5,682,879 |
4,937,507 |
15.1% |
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Latin America |
1,189,394 |
1,187,088 |
0.2% |
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Delta Mainline |
1,146,433 |
1,113,158 |
3.0% |
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Comair |
1,099 |
632 |
73.9% |
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Contract Carriers |
41,862 |
73,298 |
(42.9%) |
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Atlantic |
4,173,998 |
3,571,470 |
16.9% |
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Pacific |
319,487 |
178,949 |
78.5% |
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System |
13,893,330 |
14,118,467 |
(1.6%) |
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Load Factor |
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Domestic |
87.3% |
86.3% |
1.0 |
pts |
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Delta Mainline |
88.7% |
87.6% |
1.1 |
pts |
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Comair |
79.3% |
80.9% |
(1.6) |
pts |
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Contract Carriers |
83.3% |
82.1% |
1.2 |
pts |
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International |
82.3% |
80.7% |
1.6 |
pts |
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Latin America |
81.2% |
81.2% |
(0.0) |
pts |
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Delta Mainline |
81.3% |
81.6% |
(0.3) |
pts |
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Comair |
73.2% |
87.7% |
(14.5) |
pts |
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Contract Carriers |
77.7% |
75.2% |
2.5 |
pts |
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Atlantic |
82.6% |
80.1% |
2.5 |
pts |
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Pacific |
83.4% |
88.6% |
(5.2) |
pts |
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System |
85.2% |
84.3% |
0.9 |
pts |
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Passengers Boarded |
9,583,093 |
10,193,732 |
(6.0%) |
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Completion Factor |
98.6% |
98.8% |
(0.2) |
pts |
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Cargo Ton Miles: |
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6,280,739 |
4,609,920 |
36.2% |
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Freight |
95,337,757 |
86,274,938 |
10.5% |
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Total System |
101,618,496 |
90,884,858 |
11.8% |
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Endnote:
a Results include operations under our contract carrier arrangements.
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August 2008 |
August 2007 |
Change |
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RPMs (000): |
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Domestic |
53,947,366 |
56,309,959 |
(4.2%) |
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Delta Mainline |
42,025,423 |
44,104,734 |
(4.7%) |
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Comair |
2,983,576 |
3,089,190 |
(3.4%) |
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Contract Carriers |
8,938,367 |
9,116,035 |
(1.9%) |
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International |
30,806,020 |
26,731,153 |
15.2% |
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Latin America |
7,714,932 |
7,306,358 |
5.6% |
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Delta Mainline |
7,308,732 |
6,957,616 |
5.0% |
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Comair |
8,078 |
6,806 |
18.7% |
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Contract Carriers |
398,122 |
341,936 |
16.4% |
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Atlantic |
21,503,751 |
18,504,936 |
16.2% |
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Pacific |
1,587,337 |
919,859 |
72.6% |
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Total System |
84,753,386 |
83,041,112 |
2.1% |
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ASMs (000): |
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Domestic |
64,689,394 |
68,179,445 |
(5.1%) |
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Delta Mainline |
49,682,373 |
52,632,903 |
(5.6%) |
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Comair |
3,943,160 |
4,087,268 |
(3.5%) |
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Contract Carriers |
11,063,861 |
11,459,274 |
(3.5%) |
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International |
38,369,293 |
33,561,723 |
14.3% |
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Latin America |
9,605,535 |
9,596,591 |
0.1% |
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Delta Mainline |
9,077,990 |
9,111,577 |
(0.4%) |
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Comair |
10,015 |
8,473 |
18.2% |
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Contract Carriers |
517,530 |
476,541 |
8.6% |
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Atlantic |
26,725,176 |
22,889,236 |
16.8% |
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Pacific |
2,038,582 |
1,075,896 |
89.5% |
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Total System |
103,058,687 |
101,741,168 |
1.3% |
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Load Factor |
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Domestic |
83.4% |
82.6% |
0.8 |
pts |
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Delta Mainline |
84.6% |
83.8% |
0.8 |
pts |
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Comair |
75.7% |
75.6% |
0.1 |
pts |
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Contract Carriers |
80.8% |
79.6% |
1.2 |
pts |
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International |
80.3% |
79.6% |
0.7 |
pts |
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Latin America |
80.3% |
76.1% |
4.2 |
pts |
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Delta Mainline |
80.5% |
76.4% |
4.1 |
pts |
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Comair |
80.7% |
80.3% |
0.4 |
pts |
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Contract Carriers |
76.9% |
71.8% |
5.1 |
pts |
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Atlantic |
80.5% |
80.8% |
(0.3) |
pts |
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Pacific |
77.9% |
85.5% |
(7.6) |
pts |
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Total System |
82.2% |
81.6% |
0.6 |
pts |
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Passengers Boarded |
72,693,720 |
74,225,162 |
(2.1%) |
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Cargo Ton Miles: |
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46,711,017 |
37,728,439 |
23.8% |
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Freight |
772,703,134 |
690,907,733 |
11.8% |
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Total System |
819,414,151 |
728,636,172 |
12.5% |
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Endnote:
a Results include operations under our contract carrier arrangements.
