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Delta reports Jun-2013 traffic

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Jul 2, 2013 Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for June 2013.

Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of June increased 1.0% year over year, led by gains in the trans-Atlantic and Latin entities, which were partially offset by 1 point of system PRASM pressure from yen devaluation.

Delta completed 99.6% percent of its flights in June and ran an on-time arrival rate of 76.0% percent.

The company's financial and operating performance is detailed below.

Preliminary Financial and Operating Results

June Consolidated PRASM change year over year

1.0%

Projected June quarter fuel price per gallon, adjusted

$3.00 - $3.05

June Mainline completion factor

99.6%

June On-time performance (preliminary DOT A14)

76.0%

Note: Fuel price includes taxes, transportation, settled hedges, hedge premiums and refinery impact, but excludes mark to market adjustments on open hedges.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. Delta was named by Fortune magazine as the most admired airline worldwide in its 2013 World's Most Admired Companies airline industry list, topping the list for the second time in three years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 330 destinations in 65 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. Delta is investing more than $3 billion in airport facilities and global products, services and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on delta.com, Twitter @Delta, Google.com/+Delta and Facebook.com/delta.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions, projections or strategies for the future, may be "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions, projections and strategies reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the cost of aircraft fuel; the availability of aircraft fuel; the impact of posting collateral in connection with our fuel hedge contracts; the impact of significant funding obligations with respect to defined benefit pension plans; the impact that our indebtedness may have on our financial and operating activities and our ability to incur additional debt; the restrictions that financial covenants in our financing agreements will have on our financial and business operations; labor issues; interruptions or disruptions in service at one of our hub airports; our dependence on technology in our operations; disruptions or security breaches of our information technology infrastructure; the ability of our credit card processors to take significant holdbacks in certain circumstances; the possible effects of accidents involving our aircraft; the effects of weather, natural disasters and seasonality on our business; the effects of an extended disruption in services provided by third party regional carriers; failure or inability of insurance to cover a significant liability at the Trainer refinery; the impact of environmental regulation on the Trainer refinery; our ability to retain management and key employees; our ability to use net operating losses to offset future taxable income; competitive conditions in the airline industry; the effects of extensive government regulation on our business; the effects of terrorist attacks; the effects of the rapid spread of contagious illnesses; and the costs associated with insurance.

Additional information concerning risks and uncertainties that could cause differences between actual results and forward-looking statements is contained in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2012. Caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which represent our views only as of July 2, 2013, and which we have no current intention to update.

Monthly Traffic Results (a)

Year to Date Traffic Results (a)

Jun 2013

Jun 2012

Change

Jun 2013

Jun 2012

Change

RPMs (000):

Domestic

10,525,178

10,607,976

(0.8%)

55,764,088

56,179,373

(0.7%)

Delta Mainline

8,545,554

8,471,387

0.9%

45,010,478

44,396,940

1.4%

Regional

1,979,625

2,136,589

(7.3%)

10,753,610

11,782,433

(8.7%)

International

7,941,054

7,724,107

2.8%

38,091,945

37,691,973

1.1%

Latin America

1,278,187

1,204,662

6.1%

7,553,033

7,035,611

7.4%

Delta Mainline

1,257,206

1,186,187

6.0%

7,442,798

6,950,588

7.1%

Regional

20,981

18,475

13.6%

110,235

85,023

29.7%

Atlantic

4,437,271

4,232,923

4.8%

18,483,992

18,837,572

(1.9%)

Pacific

2,225,596

2,286,522

(2.7%)

12,054,920

11,818,790

2.0%

Total System

18,466,232

18,332,083

0.7%

93,856,033

93,871,346

(0.0%)

ASMs (000):

Domestic

12,188,166

12,101,689

0.7%

67,135,352

67,036,816

0.1%

Delta Mainline

9,751,023

9,537,949

2.2%

53,123,571

52,064,648

2.0%

Regional

2,437,143

2,563,740

(4.9%)

14,011,781

14,972,168

(6.4%)

International

8,909,832

8,714,927

2.2%

45,766,019

46,753,411

(2.1%)

Latin America

1,502,616

1,455,444

3.2%

9,125,759

8,921,204

2.3%

Delta Mainline

1,477,863

1,429,917

3.4%

8,980,044

8,790,531

2.2%

Regional

24,753

25,527

(3.0%)

145,716

130,673

11.5%

Atlantic

4,878,548

4,684,475

4.1%

22,363,369

23,321,753

(4.1%)

Pacific

2,528,668

2,575,008

(1.8%)

14,276,891

14,510,454

(1.6%)

Total System

21,097,997

20,816,616

1.4%

112,901,372

113,790,227

(0.8%)

Load Factor:

Domestic

86.4%

87.7%

(1.3)

pts

83.1%

83.8%

(0.7)

pts

Delta Mainline

87.6%

88.8%

(1.2)

pts

84.7%

85.3%

(0.6)

pts

Regional

81.2%

83.3%

(2.1)

pts

76.7%

78.7%

(2.0)

pts

International

89.1%

88.6%

0.5

pts

83.2%

80.6%

2.6

pts

Latin America

85.1%

82.8%

2.3

pts

82.8%

78.9%

3.9

pts

Delta Mainline

85.1%

83.0%

2.1

pts

82.9%

79.1%

3.8

pts

Regional

84.8%

72.4%

12.4

pts

75.7%

65.1%

10.6

pts

Atlantic

91.0%

90.4%

0.6

pts

82.7%

80.8%

1.9

pts

Pacific

88.0%

88.8%

(0.8)

pts

84.4%

81.5%

2.9

pts

Total System

87.5%

88.1%

(0.6)

pts

83.1%

82.5%

0.6

pts

Mainline Completion Factor

99.6%

99.6%

0.0

pts

Passengers Boarded

15,102,494

15,204,907

(0.7%)

80,137,412

80,700,243

(0.7%)

Cargo Ton Miles (000):

195,566

206,586

(5.3%)

1,139,328

1,175,677

(3.1%)

Endnote:

a Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.