BigRed1
Member
Hi Everyone:
I thought some of the information we pilots receive from our Chief Pilot's office in LAX on a weekly bases was interesting stuff to the majority, and I would like to post it here for your reading pleasure. I will try to post it regularly, if and when there is news worth posting. I will only quote his postings. Any comments by yours truly will be put in (parenthesis).
*2nd quarter Unit Revenue...UAL was #2 of all majors...CAL was #1 @ 9.53 cents. UAL was #2 @ 9.38 cents. AMR was #3 @ 9.25 cents. NWA was #4 @ 8.90 cents. DAL was #5 @ 8.07 cents. SWA was #6 @ 6.84 cents.
*UAL 2nd quarter revenue was $121 million better than planned.
*July 2005 Revenue was $84 million better than planned
*Premium Service (PS) added $7.1 million in increased revenue by cost benefits of using the B757 vs B767 on the same routing.
*UAL/UAX capacity forecast to INCREASE 1% in 2006 vs 2005. (Notice he said UAL and UAX so I don't know how much of this is actually mainline, but at least it is going in the right direction)
*Aircraft utilization: 2003=12.51 hrs/day. 2005=13.64 hrs/day. 2006=13.80 hrs/day(10% improvement)
*Average UAL stage length: 2003=1251 NM. 2005=1364 NM. 2006=1380 NM. UAX average is currently 390 NM.(10% increase)
*Unlimited OMC planned turn on date is 9/25/05. Unlimited OMC will be available to other carriers with recip agreements.
*ORD baggage system problem has been addressed. PAX should see noticeable improvement over current process.(Not sure I know much about this one)
***The willingnes of banks to provide $3 Billion in exit financing says a lot about what we have accomplished and our future!***
(There were a few other items dealing with LAX gate signs and SATCOM installation, but I didn't think it was of much interest to the general population. I hope these facts were informative. Let me know if you all would like me to continue posting this type of stuff when it comes available.)
I thought some of the information we pilots receive from our Chief Pilot's office in LAX on a weekly bases was interesting stuff to the majority, and I would like to post it here for your reading pleasure. I will try to post it regularly, if and when there is news worth posting. I will only quote his postings. Any comments by yours truly will be put in (parenthesis).
*2nd quarter Unit Revenue...UAL was #2 of all majors...CAL was #1 @ 9.53 cents. UAL was #2 @ 9.38 cents. AMR was #3 @ 9.25 cents. NWA was #4 @ 8.90 cents. DAL was #5 @ 8.07 cents. SWA was #6 @ 6.84 cents.
*UAL 2nd quarter revenue was $121 million better than planned.
*July 2005 Revenue was $84 million better than planned
*Premium Service (PS) added $7.1 million in increased revenue by cost benefits of using the B757 vs B767 on the same routing.
*UAL/UAX capacity forecast to INCREASE 1% in 2006 vs 2005. (Notice he said UAL and UAX so I don't know how much of this is actually mainline, but at least it is going in the right direction)
*Aircraft utilization: 2003=12.51 hrs/day. 2005=13.64 hrs/day. 2006=13.80 hrs/day(10% improvement)
*Average UAL stage length: 2003=1251 NM. 2005=1364 NM. 2006=1380 NM. UAX average is currently 390 NM.(10% increase)
*Unlimited OMC planned turn on date is 9/25/05. Unlimited OMC will be available to other carriers with recip agreements.
*ORD baggage system problem has been addressed. PAX should see noticeable improvement over current process.(Not sure I know much about this one)
***The willingnes of banks to provide $3 Billion in exit financing says a lot about what we have accomplished and our future!***
(There were a few other items dealing with LAX gate signs and SATCOM installation, but I didn't think it was of much interest to the general population. I hope these facts were informative. Let me know if you all would like me to continue posting this type of stuff when it comes available.)