United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2006. The company reported its highest-ever January passenger load factor of 77.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in January by 2.4 percent on a capacity increase of 0.4 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2005.
About United
United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,400 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia- Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 790 destinations in 138 countries worldwide. United's 57,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at http://united.com .
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About United
United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,400 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia- Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 790 destinations in 138 countries worldwide. United's 57,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at http://united.com .
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2006 2005 YOY
January January Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 62,214,000 62,436,000 -0.4%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 45,586 46,378 -1.7%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 5,249,000 5,159,000 1.7%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 5,305,499 5,159,360 2.8%
PACIFIC 2,167,671 2,109,056 2.8%
ATLANTIC 1,106,983 1,157,175 -4.3%
LATIN AMERICA 451,781 394,078 14.6%
SYSTEM 9,031,934 8,819,669 2.4%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,926,803 6,854,117 1.1%
PACIFIC 2,633,761 2,633,348 0.0%
ATLANTIC 1,477,907 1,583,779 -6.7%
LATIN AMERICA 587,758 511,903 14.8%
SYSTEM 11,626,229 11,583,147 0.4%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 76.6 75.3 1.3 pts
PACIFIC 82.3 80.1 2.2 pts
ATLANTIC 74.9 73.1 1.8 pts
LATIN AMERICA 76.9 77.0 -0.1 pts
SYSTEM 77.7 76.1 1.6 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 125,961 118,944 5.9%
MAIL 33,757 34,433 -2.0%
SYSTEM 159,718 153,377 4.1%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,057,439 8,928,636 1.4%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 11,660,584 11,711,051 -0.4%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 14,576,137 14,368,854 1.4%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 18,765,378 18,846,594 -0.4%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,065,461 1,046,236 1.8%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,710,244 1,872,904 -8.7%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,545,040 1,517,125 1.8%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,496,956 2,734,440 -8.7%PR Newswire
