United Airlines Reports Highest Load Factor Month in the Airline''s History
CHICAGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines (OTC Bulletin Board: UALAQ) today reported its traffic results for June 2003. United reported a passenger load factor of 82.0 percent, up 4.0 points from the same period last year, setting a record as the highest load factor month in the airline''s history. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) declined in June by 9.8 percent on a capacity decrease of 14.2 percent.
Pete McDonald, executive vice president-Operations, said, At 82 percent, June 2003 was the highest load-factor month ever in the history of the airline. United employees
not only achieved record-setting performance this month by beating all of our goals, but also ran a terrific airline under some very high load-factor operations.
United and United Express operate more than 3,300 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about United may be found at the company''s Web site at www.united.com .
2003 2002 Percent
June June Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 61,918,000 69,272,000 -10.6
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 49,764 56,693 -12.2
REVENUE PASSENGERS 5,850,000 6,265,000 -6.6
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,078,474 6,239,301 -2.6
PACIFIC 1,312,945 1,940,373 -32.3
ATLANTIC 1,377,125 1,580,328 -12.9
LATIN AMERICA 313,219 308,428 1.6
SYSTEM 9,081,763 10,068,430 -9.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,455,882 8,329,748 -10.5
PACIFIC 1,653,085 2,333,135 -29.1
ATLANTIC 1,569,135 1,785,679 -12.1
LATIN AMERICA 396,085 464,238 -14.7
SYSTEM 11,074,187 12,912,800 -14.2
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 81.5 74.9 6.6
PACIFIC 79.4 83.2 -3.8
ATLANTIC 87.8 88.5 -.7
LATIN AMERICA 79.1 66.4 12.7
SYSTEM 82.0 78.0 4.0
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 125,193 170,982 -26.8
MAIL 30,310 28,841 5.1
SYSTEM 155,503 199,823 -22.2
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER
(000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,138,474 10,069,000 -9.2
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,142,369 12,913,528 -13.7
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,706,546 16,204,042 -9.2
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 17,931,414 20,781,741 -13.7
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,069,350 1,206,721 -11.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,744,772 2,052,009 -15.0
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,550,623 1,750,105 -11.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,547,367 2,995,933 -15.0
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE Percent
2003 2002 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 367,824,000 380,700,000 -3.4
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 295,809 312,475 -5.3
REVENUE PASSENGERS 31,982,000 32,834,000 -2.6
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 32,529,518 32,048,857 1.5
PACIFIC 8,287,991 10,889,167 -23.9
ATLANTIC 6,433,780 7,596,341 -15.3
LATIN AMERICA 1,874,295 2,033,547 -7.8
SYSTEM 49,125,584 52,567,912 -6.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 43,448,675 45,123,032 -3.7
PACIFIC 11,647,403 13,441,259 -13.3
ATLANTIC 8,487,431 9,926,843 -14.5
LATIN AMERICA 2,632,796 3,131,569 -15.9
SYSTEM 66,216,305 71,622,703 -7.5
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 74.9 71.0 3.9
PACIFIC 71.2 81.0 -9.8
ATLANTIC 75.8 76.5 -.7
LATIN AMERICA 71.2 64.9 6.3
SYSTEM 74.2 73.4 .8
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 796,839 903,828 -11.8
MAIL 187,858 182,597 2.9
SYSTEM 984,697 1,086,425 -9.4
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER
(000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 49,580,567 52,605,157 -5.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 66,764,132 71,690,336 -6.9
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 79,790,006 84,657,479 -5.8
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 107,443,518 115,371,258 -6.9
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 5,943,040 6,346,930 -6.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 10,529,758 11,437,672 -7.9
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 8,618,758 9,205,354 -6.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 15,373,447 16,699,001 -7.9
Worldwide Communications:
Media Relations Office: 847.700.5538
Evenings/Weekends: 847.700.4088
SOURCE United Airlines
CO: United Airlines
ST: Illinois
SU:
Web site: http://www.united.com
http://www.prnewswire.com
07/08/2003 11:45 EDT
CHICAGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines (OTC Bulletin Board: UALAQ) today reported its traffic results for June 2003. United reported a passenger load factor of 82.0 percent, up 4.0 points from the same period last year, setting a record as the highest load factor month in the airline''s history. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) declined in June by 9.8 percent on a capacity decrease of 14.2 percent.
Pete McDonald, executive vice president-Operations, said, At 82 percent, June 2003 was the highest load-factor month ever in the history of the airline. United employees
not only achieved record-setting performance this month by beating all of our goals, but also ran a terrific airline under some very high load-factor operations.
United and United Express operate more than 3,300 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about United may be found at the company''s Web site at www.united.com .
2003 2002 Percent
June June Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 61,918,000 69,272,000 -10.6
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 49,764 56,693 -12.2
REVENUE PASSENGERS 5,850,000 6,265,000 -6.6
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,078,474 6,239,301 -2.6
PACIFIC 1,312,945 1,940,373 -32.3
ATLANTIC 1,377,125 1,580,328 -12.9
LATIN AMERICA 313,219 308,428 1.6
SYSTEM 9,081,763 10,068,430 -9.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,455,882 8,329,748 -10.5
PACIFIC 1,653,085 2,333,135 -29.1
ATLANTIC 1,569,135 1,785,679 -12.1
LATIN AMERICA 396,085 464,238 -14.7
SYSTEM 11,074,187 12,912,800 -14.2
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 81.5 74.9 6.6
PACIFIC 79.4 83.2 -3.8
ATLANTIC 87.8 88.5 -.7
LATIN AMERICA 79.1 66.4 12.7
SYSTEM 82.0 78.0 4.0
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 125,193 170,982 -26.8
MAIL 30,310 28,841 5.1
SYSTEM 155,503 199,823 -22.2
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER
(000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,138,474 10,069,000 -9.2
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,142,369 12,913,528 -13.7
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,706,546 16,204,042 -9.2
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 17,931,414 20,781,741 -13.7
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,069,350 1,206,721 -11.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,744,772 2,052,009 -15.0
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,550,623 1,750,105 -11.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,547,367 2,995,933 -15.0
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE Percent
2003 2002 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 367,824,000 380,700,000 -3.4
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 295,809 312,475 -5.3
REVENUE PASSENGERS 31,982,000 32,834,000 -2.6
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 32,529,518 32,048,857 1.5
PACIFIC 8,287,991 10,889,167 -23.9
ATLANTIC 6,433,780 7,596,341 -15.3
LATIN AMERICA 1,874,295 2,033,547 -7.8
SYSTEM 49,125,584 52,567,912 -6.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 43,448,675 45,123,032 -3.7
PACIFIC 11,647,403 13,441,259 -13.3
ATLANTIC 8,487,431 9,926,843 -14.5
LATIN AMERICA 2,632,796 3,131,569 -15.9
SYSTEM 66,216,305 71,622,703 -7.5
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 74.9 71.0 3.9
PACIFIC 71.2 81.0 -9.8
ATLANTIC 75.8 76.5 -.7
LATIN AMERICA 71.2 64.9 6.3
SYSTEM 74.2 73.4 .8
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 796,839 903,828 -11.8
MAIL 187,858 182,597 2.9
SYSTEM 984,697 1,086,425 -9.4
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER
(000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 49,580,567 52,605,157 -5.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 66,764,132 71,690,336 -6.9
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 79,790,006 84,657,479 -5.8
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 107,443,518 115,371,258 -6.9
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 5,943,040 6,346,930 -6.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 10,529,758 11,437,672 -7.9
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 8,618,758 9,205,354 -6.4
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 15,373,447 16,699,001 -7.9
Worldwide Communications:
Media Relations Office: 847.700.5538
Evenings/Weekends: 847.700.4088
SOURCE United Airlines
CO: United Airlines
ST: Illinois
SU:
Web site: http://www.united.com
http://www.prnewswire.com
07/08/2003 11:45 EDT
