ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today reported traffic results for August 2005(a). System traffic for August 2005 increased 6.8 percent from August 2004 on a capacity increase of 5.1 percent. Delta's system load factor was 80.0 percent in August 2005, up 1.3 points from the same period last year.
Domestic traffic in August 2005 increased 6.1 percent year over year, while capacity increased 3.3 percent. Domestic load factor in August 2005 was 80.0 percent, up 2.2 points from the same period a year ago. International traffic in August 2005 increased 9.2 percent year over year on an 11.5 percent increase in capacity. International load factor was 80.1 percent, down 1.7 points from August 2004.
During August 2005, Delta operated its schedule at a 97.1 percent completion rate, compared to 98.7 percent in August 2004. Delta boarded 10,692,819 passengers during the month of August 2005, an increase of 1.0 percent from August 2004. Detailed traffic and capacity follows.
Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results
August 2005 August 2004 Change
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RPMs (000):
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Domestic 8,612,953 8,114,866 6.1%
Delta Mainline 7,196,830 6,770,766 6.3%
ASA 521,438 418,538 24.6%
Comair 559,814 568,576 (1.5%)
Contract Carriers 334,871 356,986 (6.2%)
International 2,673,877 2,449,238 9.2%
Latin America 576,402 483,044 19.3%
Delta Mainline 556,959 466,127 19.5%
ASA 11,648 8,155 42.8%
Comair 4,778 7,281 (34.4%)
Contract Carriers 3,017 1,481 103.7%
Atlantic 2,000,870 1,865,666 7.2%
Pacific 96,605 100,528 (3.9%)
Total System 11,286,830 10,564,104 6.8%
ASMs (000):
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Domestic 10,772,814 10,431,672 3.3%
Delta Mainline 8,799,902 8,546,668 3.0%
ASA 703,874 598,417 17.6%
Comair 800,073 803,949 (0.5%)
Contract Carriers 468,965 482,638 (2.8%)
International 3,339,866 2,995,569 11.5%
Latin America 782,947 608,254 28.7%
Delta Mainline 754,051 585,576 28.8%
ASA 16,548 11,456 44.4%
Comair 7,893 9,500 (16.9%)
Contract Carriers 4,455 1,722 158.7%
Atlantic 2,443,099 2,274,053 7.4%
Pacific 113,820 113,262 0.5%
Total System 14,112,680 13,427,241 5.1%
Load Factor
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Domestic 80.0% 77.8% 2.2 pts
Delta Mainline 81.8% 79.2% 2.6 pts
ASA 74.1% 69.9% 4.2 pts
Comair 70.0% 70.7% (0.7) pts
Contract Carriers 71.4% 74.0% (2.6) pts
International 80.1% 81.8% (1.7) pts
Latin America 73.6% 79.4% (5.8) pts
Delta Mainline 73.9% 79.6% (5.7) pts
ASA 70.4% 71.2% (0.8) pts
Comair 60.5% 76.6% (16.1) pts
Contract Carriers 67.7% 86.0% (18.3) pts
Atlantic 81.9% 82.0% (0.1) pts
Pacific 84.9% 88.8% (3.9) pts
Total System 80.0% 78.7% 1.3 pts
Passengers Boarded 10,692,819 10,590,197 1.0%
Delta Air Lines
Year to Date Traffic Results
August 2005 August 2004 Change
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RPMs (000):
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Domestic 63,861,280 59,814,411 6.8%
Delta Mainline 53,218,105 49,881,723 6.7%
ASA 3,849,975 3,011,958 27.8%
Comair 4,129,897 4,233,160 (2.4%)
Contract Carriers 2,663,303 2,687,570 (0.9%)
International 19,094,436 16,684,821 14.4%
Latin America 4,420,051 3,274,517 35.0%
Delta Mainline 4,291,735 3,164,923 35.6%
ASA 83,685 65,818 27.1%
Comair 29,796 32,514 (8.4%)
Contract Carriers 14,835 11,262 31.7%
Atlantic 13,924,379 12,643,944 10.1%
Pacific 750,006 766,360 (2.1%)
Total System 82,955,716 76,499,232 8.4%
ASMs (000):
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Domestic 82,758,991 80,286,214 3.1%
Delta Mainline 67,779,434 65,963,532 2.8%
ASA 5,267,459 4,381,572 20.2%
Comair 6,052,803 6,204,204 (2.4%)
Contract Carriers 3,659,295 3,736,906 (2.1%)
International 23,774,503 20,903,724 13.7%
Latin America 5,992,119 4,410,529 35.9%
Delta Mainline 5,813,327 4,251,767 36.7%
ASA 113,806 100,916 12.8%
Comair 43,310 44,018 (1.6%)
Contract Carriers 21,676 13,828 56.8%
Atlantic 16,888,811 15,599,167 8.3%
Pacific 893,573 894,028 (0.1%)
Total System 106,533,494 101,189,938 5.3%
Load Factor
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Domestic 77.2% 74.5% 2.7 pts
Delta Mainline 78.5% 75.6% 2.9 pts
ASA 73.1% 68.7% 4.4 pts
Comair 68.2% 68.2% 0.0 pts
Contract Carriers 72.8% 71.9% 0.9 pts
International 80.3% 79.8% 0.5 pts
Latin America 73.8% 74.2% (0.4) pts
Delta Mainline 73.8% 74.4% (0.6) pts
ASA 73.5% 65.2% 8.3 pts
Comair 68.8% 73.9% (5.1) pts
Contract Carriers 68.4% 81.4% (13.0) pts
Atlantic 82.4% 81.1% 1.3 pts
Pacific 83.9% 85.7% (1.8) pts
Total System 77.9% 75.6% 2.3 pts
Passengers Boarded 82,739,528 80,003,125 3.4%
(a) Results reflect the operations of Flyi, Inc. (formerly Atlantic Coast Airlines) (2004 periods only), Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., and SkyWest Airlines Inc. under our contract carrier arrangements with those airlines.