Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for October 2018. The company carried 16.5 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of October.    

Monthly highlights include:

• Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Delta-Northwest merger, providing Delta with the scope and scale to create a durable business capable of investing in its people, products, and service
• Taking the first U.S. delivery of the efficient A220-100, the latest investment in Delta’s fleet modernization program with inaugural flights on top domestic business routes set to begin in January
• Announcing new international routes including Boston-Edinburgh and Boston-Lisbon to begin in Summer 2019 and proposed Minneapolis/St. Paul-Shanghai service to begin in 2020 pending governmental approvals
• Inducting the first engine into the new state-of-the-art engine repair shop, where maintenance will be performed on the most sophisticated and advanced engines

The company’s operating performance is detailed in the table below.