ATLANTA, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for August 2010. System traffic in August 2010 increased 1.1 percent compared to August 2009 on a 1.2 percent increase in capacity. Load factor remained flat at 86.5 percent.
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Domestic traffic decreased 0.9 percent year over year on a 0.3 percent increase in capacity. Domestic load factor decreased 1.0 point to 85.8 percent. International traffic increased 4.2 percent year over year on a 2.7 percent increase in capacity, and load factor increased 1.3 points to 87.4 percent.
Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.
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Delta Air Lines Monthly Traffic Results(a) August 2010 August 2009 Change ----------- ----------- ------ RPMs (000): Domestic 11,101,864 11,204,628 (0.9%) Mainline 8,829,944 8,872,069 (0.5%) Regional 2,271,920 2,332,559 (2.6%) International 7,840,386 7,522,759 4.2% Latin America 1,047,796 951,256 10.1% Mainline 1,019,009 933,833 9.1% Regional 28,787 17,423 65.2% Atlantic 4,636,466 4,602,876 0.7% Pacific 2,156,124 1,968,627 9.5% System 18,942,250 18,727,387 1.1% ASMs (000): Domestic 12,937,472 12,901,672 0.3% Mainline 10,094,114 10,019,630 0.7% Regional 2,843,358 2,882,042 (1.3%) International 8,971,528 8,737,281 2.7% Latin America 1,253,103 1,147,181 9.2% Mainline 1,214,867 1,124,546 8.0% Regional 38,236 22,635 68.9% Atlantic 5,286,995 5,253,098 0.6% Pacific 2,431,430 2,337,002 4.0% System 21,909,000 21,638,953 1.2% Load Factor Domestic 85.8% 86.8% (1.0) pts Mainline 87.5% 88.5% (1.0) pts Regional 79.9% 80.9% (1.0) pts International 87.4% 86.1% 1.3 pts Latin America 83.6% 82.9% 0.7 pts Mainline 83.9% 83.0% 0.9 pts Regional 75.3% 77.0% (1.7) pts Atlantic 87.7% 87.6% 0.1 pts Pacific 88.7% 84.2% 4.5 pts System 86.5% 86.5% 0.0 pts Passengers Boarded 15,182,936 15,142,949 0.3% Mainline Completion Factor 98.6% 99.4% (0.8) pts Cargo Ton Miles (000): Passenger Cargo 193,668 153,008 26.6% Freighter Cargo 0 42,823 (100.0%) System 193,668 195,831 (1.1%) Endnote: (a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements. Delta Air Lines Year To Date Traffic Results(a) August 2010 August 2009 Change ----------- ----------- ------ RPMs (000): Domestic 79,782,561 80,367,773 (0.7%) Mainline 62,948,958 63,251,883 (0.5%) Regional 16,833,603 17,115,890 (1.6%) International 51,042,297 49,893,472 2.3% Latin America 8,547,937 8,073,069 5.9% Mainline 8,340,008 7,931,974 5.1% Regional 207,929 141,095 47.4% Atlantic 27,893,376 28,811,062 (3.2%) Pacific 14,600,984 13,009,341 12.2% System 130,824,858 130,261,245 0.4% ASMs (000): Domestic 95,014,671 96,232,071 (1.3%) Mainline 73,774,202 74,095,521 (0.4%) Regional 21,240,469 22,136,550 (4.0%) International 61,112,340 62,450,149 (2.1%) Latin America 10,731,368 10,314,215 4.0% Mainline 10,451,572 10,113,053 3.3% Regional 279,796 201,162 39.1% Atlantic 33,339,091 36,035,198 (7.5%) Pacific 17,041,881 16,100,736 5.8% System 156,127,011 158,682,220 (1.6%) Load Factor Domestic 84.0% 83.5% 0.5 pts Mainline 85.3% 85.4% (0.1) pts Regional 79.3% 77.3% 2.0 pts International 83.5% 79.9% 3.6 pts Latin America 79.7% 78.3% 1.4 pts Mainline 79.8% 78.4% 1.4 pts Regional 74.3% 70.1% 4.2 pts Atlantic 83.7% 80.0% 3.7 pts Pacific 85.7% 80.8% 4.9 pts System 83.8% 82.1% 1.7 pts Passengers Boarded 109,701,703 110,573,892 (0.8%) Cargo Ton Miles (000): Passenger Cargo 1,469,874 1,065,923 37.9% Freighter Cargo 0 345,122 (100.0%) System 1,469,874 1,411,045 4.2% Endnote: (a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.SOURCE Delta Air Lines
