ATLANTA, April 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines today reported a record March consolidated system load factor of 83.0 percent, record mainline system load factor of 83.7 percent, and record total domestic load factor of 83.6 percent. In addition, on March 31, Delta recorded new all-time daily record load factors of 98.1 percent in the mainline Atlantic and 93.0 percent in mainline Latin entities.
System traffic increased 3.5 percent from March 2006 with a capacity increase of 0.4 percent. International traffic in March 2007 increased 23.1 percent year over year on an 18.7 percent increase in capacity. Domestic traffic in March 2007 declined 3.2 percent year over year on a 6.0 percent decrease in capacity.
Despite the challenging weather environment in March, Delta completed 98.1 percent of scheduled flights during the month relative to 99.0 percent in March 2006. Detailed traffic and capacity results are below.
Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 307 destinations in 52 countries. With more than 60 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is America's fastest growing international airline and is a leader across the Atlantic with flights to 31 trans-Atlantic destinations. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 600 weekly flights to 58 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 456 worldwide destinations in 100 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.
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Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results(a)
March 2007 March 2006 Change
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RPMs (000):
Domestic 7,286,579 7,524,851 (3.2%)
Delta Mainline 5,712,265 6,068,455 (5.9%)
Comair 399,642 434,211 (8.0%)
Contract Carriers 1,174,672 1,022,185 14.9%
International 3,130,017 2,543,045 23.1%
Latin America 955,199 763,150 25.2%
Delta Mainline 913,662 739,346 23.6%
Comair 1,192 8,050 (85.2%)
Contract Carriers 40,345 15,754 NA
Atlantic 2,072,774 1,679,508 23.4%
Pacific 102,044 100,387 1.7%
Total System 10,416,596 10,067,896 3.5%
ASMs (000):
Domestic 8,716,370 9,275,046 (6.0%)
Delta Mainline 6,733,340 7,449,055 (9.6%)
Comair 527,215 581,782 (9.4%)
Contract Carriers 1,455,815 1,244,209 17.0%
International 3,834,733 3,231,198 18.7%
Latin America 1,224,497 1,002,266 22.2%
Delta Mainline 1,168,338 970,479 20.4%
Comair 1,326 10,941 (87.9%)
Contract Carriers 54,833 20,846 NA
Atlantic 2,496,437 2,115,250 18.0%
Pacific 113,799 113,682 0.1%
Total System 12,551,103 12,506,244 0.4%
Load Factor
Domestic 83.6% 81.1% 2.5 pts
Delta Mainline 84.8% 81.5% 3.3 pts
Comair 75.8% 74.6% 1.2 pts
Contract Carriers 80.7% 82.2% (1.5) pts
International 81.6% 78.7% 2.9 pts
Latin America 78.0% 76.1% 1.9 pts
Delta Mainline 78.2% 76.2% 2.0 pts
Comair 89.9% 73.6% 16.3 pts
Contract Carriers 73.6% 75.6% (2.0) pts
Atlantic 83.0% 79.4% 3.6 pts
Pacific 89.7% 88.3% 1.4 pts
Total System 83.0% 80.5% 2.5 pts
Passengers Boarded 9,696,321 9,610,654 0.9%
Endnote:
(a) Results reflect operations under our contract carrier arrangements
with the following airlines for all periods presented: Atlantic
Southeast Airlines, Inc., Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., Freedom
Airlines, Inc., Shuttle America Corp., and SkyWest Airlines Inc.
Delta Air Lines
Year to Date Traffic Results(a)
March 2007 March 2006 Change
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RPMs (000):
Domestic 19,031,037 19,901,107 (4.4%)
Delta Mainline 14,922,871 16,052,710 (7.0%)
Comair 1,046,843 1,173,568 (10.8%)
Contract Carriers 3,061,323 2,674,829 14.4%
International 8,181,575 6,483,067 26.2%
Latin America 2,756,487 2,077,625 32.7%
Delta Mainline 2,645,564 2,023,251 30.8%
Comair 2,549 20,098 (87.3%)
Contract Carriers 108,374 34,276 NA
Atlantic 5,142,314 4,119,215 24.8%
Pacific 282,774 286,227 (1.2%)
Total System 27,212,612 26,384,174 3.1%
ASMs (000):
Domestic 24,490,305 25,889,873 (5.4%)
Delta Mainline 18,925,480 20,790,075 (9.0%)
Comair 1,527,840 1,674,179 (8.7%)
Contract Carriers 4,036,985 3,425,619 17.8%
International 10,789,094 8,712,574 23.8%
Latin America 3,695,969 2,816,249 31.2%
Delta Mainline 3,535,090 2,741,305 29.0%
Comair 3,285 27,781 (88.2%)
Contract Carriers 157,594 47,163 NA
Atlantic 6,762,819 5,566,197 21.5%
Pacific 330,306 330,128 0.1%
Total System 35,279,399 34,602,447 2.0%
Load Factor
Domestic 77.7% 76.9% 0.8 pts
Delta Mainline 78.9% 77.2% 1.7 pts
Comair 68.5% 70.1% (1.6) pts
Contract Carriers 75.8% 78.1% (2.3) pts
International 75.8% 74.4% 1.4 pts
Latin America 74.6% 73.8% 0.8 pts
Delta Mainline 74.8% 73.8% 1.0 pts
Comair 77.6% 72.3% 5.3 pts
Contract Carriers 68.8% 72.7% (3.9) pts
Atlantic 76.0% 74.0% 2.0 pts
Pacific 85.6% 86.7% (1.1) pts
Total System 77.1% 76.2% 0.9 pts
Passengers Boarded 25,325,177 25,531,410 (0.8%)
Endnote:
(a) Results reflect operations under our contract carrier arrangements
with the following airlines for all periods presented: Atlantic
Southeast Airlines, Inc., Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., Freedom
Airlines, Inc., Shuttle America Corp., and SkyWest Airlines Inc.