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United Airlines’ Traffic Drops 13.9 Percent, but Load Factor Rises to 73.2%

4 June 2002

United Airlines' (NYSE: UAL) total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) fell 13.9 percent in May vs. the comparable month in 2001, on a capacity decrease of 17.2 percent. However, the carrier’s passenger load factor rose to 73.2 percent from 70.4 percent a year ago.

"United Airlines welcomes summer travelers with an excellent schedule of nearly 2,000 daily flights and a track record of smooth, on-time operations," said Rono Dutta, United’s president. "We are meeting all new security checks with line waits almost back to normal and no compromise of our operational reliability. For the month of May, which included the busy Memorial Day holiday, we completed 99.6 percent of our scheduled flights, and 86 percent of them arrived early, on time or within 14 minutes of scheduled arrival (the DOT measurement)."

 

2002

2001

  
 

MAY

MAY

PERCENT
 

(000)

(000)

CHANGE
       

SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:

REVENUE PLANE MILES

66,974

81,192

-17.5

NUMBER OF DEPARTURES

54,858

69,177

-20.7

REVENUE PASSENGERS

5,752

7,012

-18.0
 

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES:

NORTH AMERICA

5,594,051

6,467,200

-13.5

PACIFIC

1,898,276

2,086,784

-9.0

ATLANTIC

1,381,631

1,684,976

-18.0

LATIN AMERICA

318,121

436,259

-27.1

SYSTEM

9,192,079

10,675,219

-13.9
 

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES:

NORTH AMERICA

7,825,907

9,195,737

-14.9

PACIFIC

2,423,553

3,039,763

-20.3

ATLANTIC

1,786,556

2,291,560

-22.0

LATIN AMERICA

524,168

641,834

-18.3

SYSTEM

12,560,184

15,168,894

-17.2
 

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):

NORTH AMERICA

71.5

70.3

1.2pts

PACIFIC

78.3

68.6

9.7pts

ATLANTIC

77.3

73.5

3.8pts

LATIN AMERICA

60.7

68.0

-7.3pts

SYSTEM

73.2

70.4

2.8pts
 

CARGO TON MILES:

FREIGHT

164,751

186,327

-11.6

MAIL

30,186

46,452

-35.0

SYSTEM

194,937

232,779

-16.3
 

TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER:

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES

9,194,376

10,681,112

-13.9

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES

12,568,756

15,176,210

-17.2
       

REVENUE PSGR. KM.

14,796,509

17,189,114

-13.9

AVAILABLE SEAT KM.

20,226,899

24,423,075

-17.2
       

TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES

1,114,374

1,300,888

-14.3

TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES

2,003,842

2,382,328

-15.9
       

TOTAL REV. TON KM.

1,616,293

1,886,879

-14.3

TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.

2,925,609

3,478,199

-15.9
       

 

      
 

YEAR TO DATE

YEAR TO DATE

CHANGE
 

2002

2001

  
 

SCHEDULED SERVICES ONLY (000):

REVENUE PLANE MILES

311,428

383,260

-18.7

NUMBER OF DEPARTURES

255,782

328,656

-22.2

REVENUE PASSENGERS

26,569

32,670

-18.7
 

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES:

NORTH AMERICA

25,809,590

30,267,315

-14.7

PACIFIC

8,948,800

10,012,345

-10.6

ATLANTIC

6,016,026

7,248,139

-17.0

LATIN AMERICA

1,725,110

2,274,140

-24.1

SYSTEM

42,499,526

49,801,939

-14.7
 

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES:

NORTH AMERICA

36,793,270

43,753,877

-15.9

PACIFIC

11,108,129

14,640,867

-24.1

ATLANTIC

8,141,173

10,186,556

-20.1

LATIN AMERICA

2,667,326

3,230,376

-17.4

SYSTEM

58,709,898

71,811,676

-18.2
 

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):

NORTH AMERICA

70.1

69.2

0.9pts

PACIFIC

80.6

68.4

12.2pts

ATLANTIC

73.9

71.2

2.7pts

LATIN AMERICA

64.7

70.4

-5.7pts

SYSTEM

72.4

69.4

3.0pts
 

CARGO TON MILES

FREIGHT

732,846

861,864

-15.0

MAIL

153,756

237,411

-35.2

SYSTEM

886,602

1,099,275

-19.3
 

TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES

42,536,203

49,815,085

-14.6

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES

58,776,802

71,834,449

-18.2
       

REVENUE PSGR. KM.

68,453,511

80,167,416

-14.6

AVAILABLE SEAT KM.

94,589,507

115,603,179

-18.2
       

TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES

5,140,209

6,080,774

-15.5

TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES

9,382,815

11,186,940

-16.1
       

TOTAL REV. TON KM.

7,455,255

8,820,009

-15.5

TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.

13,698,910

16,332,932

-16.1

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