United Airlines Reports February Traffic Results
CHICAGO, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for February 2006. The company reported its highest-ever February passenger load factor of 76.9 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in February by 4.4 percent on a capacity increase of 1.7 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared to the same period in 2005.
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2006 2005 YOY February February Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES 57,650,000 56,988,000 1.2% NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 42,478 42,277 0.5% REVENUE PASSENGERS 4,960,000 4,724,000 5.0% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 5,081,722 4,764,825 6.7% PACIFIC 1,839,017 1,797,709 2.3% ATLANTIC 918,110 985,955 -6.9% LATIN AMERICA 404,777 347,911 16.3% SYSTEM 8,243,626 7,896,400 4.4% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 6,501,119 6,283,889 3.5% PACIFIC 2,364,007 2,374,550 -0.4% ATLANTIC 1,325,866 1,433,838 -7.5% LATIN AMERICA 534,398 458,981 16.4% SYSTEM 10,725,390 10,551,258 1.7% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 78.2 75.8 2.4 pts PACIFIC 77.8 75.7 2.1 pts ATLANTIC 69.2 68.8 0.4 pts LATIN AMERICA 75.7 75.8 -0.1 pts SYSTEM 76.9 74.8 2.1 pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 131,235 129,617 1.2% MAIL 29,623 32,234 -8.1% SYSTEM 160,858 161,851 -0.6% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 8,254,874 7,960,892 3.7% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 10,741,846 10,640,958 0.9% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 13,284,569 12,811,463 3.7% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 17,286,853 17,124,494 0.9% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 986,345 957,942 3.0% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,570,387 1,700,113 -7.6% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,430,464 1,389,335 3.0% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,292,765 2,482,165 -7.6% YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY 2006 2005 Change SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES 119,864,000 119,424,000 0.4% NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 88,064 88,655 -0.7% REVENUE PASSENGERS 10,209,000 9,883,000 3.3% REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 10,387,236 9,924,185 4.7% PACIFIC 4,006,683 3,906,765 2.6% ATLANTIC 2,026,031 2,143,130 -5.5% LATIN AMERICA 855,622 741,989 15.3% SYSTEM 17,275,572 16,716,069 3.3% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000): NORTH AMERICA 13,427,966 13,138,006 2.2% PACIFIC 4,997,776 5,007,898 -0.2% ATLANTIC 2,804,840 3,017,617 -7.1% LATIN AMERICA 1,121,089 970,884 15.5% SYSTEM 22,351,671 22,134,405 1.0% PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 77.4 75.5 1.9 pts PACIFIC 80.2 78.0 2.2 pts ATLANTIC 72.2 71.0 1.2 pts LATIN AMERICA 76.3 76.4 -0.1 pts SYSTEM 77.3 75.5 1.8 pts CARGO TON MILES (000): FREIGHT 257,196 248,561 3.5% MAIL 63,380 66,667 -4.9% SYSTEM 320,576 315,228 1.7% TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000): REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 17,312,333 16,889,528 2.5% AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 22,402,487 22,352,009 0.2% REVENUE PSGR. KM. 27,860,737 27,180,317 2.5% AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 36,052,322 35,971,088 0.2% TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 2,051,808 2,004,178 2.4% TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 3,425,743 3,573,017 -4.1% TOTAL REV. TON KM. 2,975,507 2,906,461 2.4% TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 5,001,585 5,216,605 -4.1% Worldwide Press Office: Days: 847.700.5538 Evenings/Weekends: 847.700.4088
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