ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for October 2011. System load factor was 82.8 percent, 0.6 points lower than the prior year on a 3.1 percent decrease in capacity. System traffic decreased 3.8 percent year over year.
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Domestic load factor increased 1.3 points year over year on a 3.2 percent decrease in capacity. International load factor was 80.6%, down 3.5 points year over year on a 3.0 percent decrease in capacity.
Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.
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Monthly Traffic Results (a) | |||||||||
October 2011 | October 2010 | Change | |||||||
RPMs (000): | |||||||||
Domestic | 9,779,263 | 9,940,692 | (1.6%) | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 7,676,545 | 7,852,275 | (2.2%) | ||||||
Regional | 2,102,718 | 2,088,417 | 0.7% | ||||||
International | 6,200,864 | 6,669,700 | (7.0%) | ||||||
Latin America | 850,055 | 797,163 | 6.6% | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 834,727 | 783,713 | 6.5% | ||||||
Regional | 15,328 | 13,450 | 14.0% | ||||||
Atlantic | 3,489,098 | 3,891,836 | (10.3%) | ||||||
Pacific | 1,861,711 | 1,980,701 | (6.0%) | ||||||
Total System | 15,980,127 | 16,610,392 | (3.8%) | ||||||
ASMs (000): | |||||||||
Domestic | 11,596,848 | 11,975,879 | (3.2%) | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 8,985,361 | 9,343,648 | (3.8%) | ||||||
Regional | 2,611,487 | 2,632,231 | (0.8%) | ||||||
International | 7,697,781 | 7,933,294 | (3.0%) | ||||||
Latin America | 1,101,793 | 1,033,999 | 6.6% | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 1,076,137 | 1,012,139 | 6.3% | ||||||
Regional | 25,656 | 21,860 | 17.4% | ||||||
Atlantic | 4,224,659 | 4,558,734 | (7.3%) | ||||||
Pacific | 2,371,329 | 2,340,561 | 1.3% | ||||||
Total System | 19,294,629 | 19,909,173 | (3.1%) | ||||||
Load Factor: | |||||||||
Domestic | 84.3% | 83.0% | 1.3 | pts | |||||
Delta Mainline | 85.4% | 84.0% | 1.4 | pts | |||||
Regional | 80.5% | 79.3% | 1.2 | pts | |||||
International | 80.6% | 84.1% | (3.5) | pts | |||||
Latin America | 77.2% | 77.1% | 0.1 | pts | |||||
Delta Mainline | 77.6% | 77.4% | 0.2 | pts | |||||
Regional | 59.7% | 61.5% | (1.8) | pts | |||||
Atlantic | 82.6% | 85.4% | (2.8) | pts | |||||
Pacific | 78.5% | 84.6% | (6.1) | pts | |||||
Total System | 82.8% | 83.4% | (0.6) | pts | |||||
Mainline Completion | 99.7% | 99.0% | 0.7 | pts | |||||
Factor | |||||||||
Passengers Boarded | 13,950,958 | 14,122,498 | (1.2%) | ||||||
Cargo Ton Miles (000): | 208,024 | 213,712 | (2.7%) | ||||||
Endnote: | |||||||||
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements. | |||||||||
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Year to Date Traffic Results (a) | ||||||||||
October 2011 | October 2010 | Change | ||||||||
RPMs (000): | ||||||||||
Domestic | 97,097,076 | 97,855,132 | (0.8%) | |||||||
Delta Mainline | 76,606,421 | 76,990,090 | (0.5%) | |||||||
Regional | 20,490,655 | 20,865,042 | (1.8%) | |||||||
International | 66,675,315 | 65,691,009 | 1.5% | |||||||
Latin America | 11,038,265 | 11,273,512 | (2.1%) | |||||||
Delta Mainline | 10,865,527 | 11,014,125 | (1.3%) | |||||||
Regional | 172,738 | 259,387 | (33.4%) | |||||||
Atlantic | 35,953,767 | 35,828,012 | 0.4% | |||||||
Pacific | 19,683,283 | 18,589,485 | 5.9% | |||||||
Total System | 163,772,391 | 163,546,141 | 0.1% | |||||||
ASMs (000): | ||||||||||
Domestic | 116,439,360 | 117,279,426 | (0.7%) | |||||||
Delta Mainline | 90,405,785 | 90,850,101 | (0.5%) | |||||||
Regional | 26,033,575 | 26,429,325 | (1.5%) | |||||||
International | 82,476,958 | 78,286,608 | 5.4% | |||||||
Latin America | 14,000,000 | 14,131,499 | (0.9%) | |||||||
Delta Mainline | 13,741,763 | 13,778,302 | (0.3%) | |||||||
Regional | 258,237 | 353,197 | (26.9%) | |||||||
Atlantic | 44,139,546 | 42,488,587 | 3.9% | |||||||
Pacific | 24,337,412 | 21,666,522 | 12.3% | |||||||
Total System | 198,916,318 | 195,566,034 | 1.7% | |||||||
Load Factor: | ||||||||||
Domestic | 83.4% | 83.4% | (0.0) | pts | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 84.7% | 84.7% | (0.0) | pts | ||||||
Regional | 78.7% | 78.9% | (0.2) | pts | ||||||
International | 80.8% | 83.9% | (3.1) | pts | ||||||
Latin America | 78.8% | 79.8% | (1.0) | pts | ||||||
Delta Mainline | 79.1% | 79.9% | (0.8) | pts | ||||||
Regional | 66.9% | 73.4% | (6.5) | pts | ||||||
Atlantic | 81.5% | 84.3% | (2.8) | pts | ||||||
Pacific | 80.9% | 85.8% | (4.9) | pts | ||||||
Total System | 82.3% | 83.6% | (1.3) | pts | ||||||
Passengers Boarded | 138,348,803 | 137,041,162 | 1.0% | |||||||
Cargo Ton Miles (000): | 1,980,332 | 1,876,065 | 5.6% | |||||||
Endnote: | ||||||||||
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements. | ||||||||||
SOURCE Delta Air Lines
