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Delta Air Lines Reports May 2002 Traffic

5 June 2002

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today reported traffic results for the month of May 2002. System traffic decreased 5.0 percent on a capacity decrease of 7.1 percent from May 2001. Delta’s system load factor was 71.7 percent, up 1.5 points year over year.

Year-over-year traffic and capacity comparisons are impacted by Comair’s suspension of service between March 26, 2001 and July 1, 2001, due to a strike by Comair pilots.

Domestic traffic in May 2002 decreased 3.3 percent on a capacity decrease of 4.8 percent. Domestic load factor was 70.2 percent, up 1.1 points from the same period a year ago. International traffic decreased 9.9 percent on a 13.8 percent decrease in capacity. International load factor was 76.8 percent up 3.3 points from the same period last year.

During May, Delta operated its schedule at a 99.1 percent completion rate, compared to 98.0 percent from May 2001. Delta boarded 9,053,144 passengers during the month of May.

 

May 2002

May 2001

Change
RPMs (000):      
Domestic

6,530,239

6,752,465

(3.3%)
Delta Mainline

5,940,365

6,521,903

(8.9%)
ASA

276,252

230,562

19.8%
Comair

313,622

--

--
International

2,127,664

2,361,153

(9.9%)
Latin America

349,673

351,107

(0.4%)
Delta Mainline

339,316

345,438

(1.8%)
ASA

6,136

5,669

8.2%
Comair

4,221

--

--
Atlantic

1,689,578

1,748,123

(3.3%)
Pacific

88,413

261,923

(66.2%)
Total System

8,657,903

9,113,618

(5.0%)
ASMs (000):      
Domestic

9,301,684

9,775,526

(4.8%)
Delta Mainline

8,436,780

9,449,488

(10.7%)
ASA

406,241

326,038

24.6%
Comair

458,663

--

--
International

2,770,042

3,212,712

(13.8%)
Latin America

630,847

641,829

(1.7%)
Delta Mainline

613,974

631,701

(2.8%)
ASA

11,436

10,128

12.9%
Comair

5,437

--

--
Atlantic

2,034,054

2,190,950

(7.2%)
Pacific

105,141

379,933

(72.3%)
Total System

12,071,726

12,988,238

(7.1%)
Load Factor      
Domestic

70.2%

69.1%

1.1pts
Delta Mainline

70.4%

69.0%

1.4pts
ASA

68.0%

70.7%

(2.7)pts
Comair

68.4%

--

--
International

76.8%

73.5%

3.3pts
Latin America

55.4%

54.7%

0.7pts
Delta Mainline

55.3%

54.7%

0.6pts
ASA

53.7%

56.0%

(2.3)pts
Comair

77.6%

--

--
Atlantic

83.1%

79.8%

3.3pts
Pacific

84.1%

68.9%

15.2pts
Total System

71.7%

70.2%

1.5pts
Passengers Boarded

9,053,144

9,235,223

(2.0%)

 

Delta Air Lines - Calendar Year-to-Date
 

2002

2001

Change
RPMs (000):      
Domestic

31,016,915

32,798,770

(5.4%)
Delta Mainline

28,451,506

31,134,645

(8.6%)
ASA

1,204,647

969,333

24.3%
Comair

1,360,762

694,792

95.9%
International

9,231,585

10,453,361

(11.7%)
Latin America

1,872,586

1,843,770

1.6%
Delta Mainline

1,825,348

1,793,805

1.8%
ASA

25,677

23,783

8.0%
Comair

21,561

26,182

(17.6%)
Atlantic

6,928,662

7,364,417

(5.9%)
Pacific

430,337

1,245,174

(65.4%)
Total System

40,248,500

43,252,131

(6.9%)
ASMs (000):      
Domestic

45,028,524

48,512,404

(7.2%)
Delta Mainline

41,059,989

45,873,329

(10.5%)
ASA

1,841,780

1,499,293

22.8%
Comair

2,126,755

1,139,782

86.6%
International

12,538,095

14,713,110

(14.8%)
Latin America

3,051,019

3,135,381

(2.7%)
Delta Mainline

2,981,585

3,043,961

(2.0%)
ASA

42,506

47,448

(10.4%)
Comair

26,928

43,972

(38.8%)
Atlantic

8,983,728

9,864,618

(8.9%)
Pacific

503,348

1,713,111

(70.6%)
Total System

57,566,619

63,225,514

(9.0%)
Load Factor      
Domestic

68.9%

67.6%

1.3pts
Delta Mainline

69.3%

67.9%

1.4pts
ASA

65.4%

64.7%

0.7pts
Comair

64.0%

61.0%

3.0pts
International

73.6%

71.0%

2.6pts
Latin America

61.4%

58.8%

2.6pts
Delta Mainline

61.2%

58.9%

2.3pts
ASA

60.4%

50.1%

10.3pts
Comair

80.1%

59.5%

20.6pts
Atlantic

77.1%

74.7%

2.4pts
Pacific

85.5%

72.7%

12.8pts
Total System

69.9%

68.4%

1.5pts
Passengers Boarded

42,562,143

45,335,921

(6.1%)

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