Delta Reports Operating Performance for July 2017
02-Aug-2017 Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for July 2017. The company carried 17.6 million passengers across our broad global network in the month.
Monthly highlights include:
- Taking delivery of Delta's first Airbus A350 featuring the award-winning Delta One suite and Delta Premium Select cabin which will go into service this fall;
- Announcing nonstop service between Atlanta and Shanghai to begin in July 2018; and
- Deepening Delta's partnership with Air France-KLM through a 10% equity investment and a commitment to expand the transatlantic joint venture to include Delta, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Alitalia.
The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 334 destinations in 62 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry's leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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Monthly Traffic Results (a) |
Year to Date Traffic Results (a) |
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July 2017 |
July 2016 |
Change |
July 2017 |
July 2016 |
Change |
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RPMs (000): |
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Domestic |
13,021,492 |
12,426,714 |
4.8% |
78,373,808 |
76,282,381 |
2.7% |
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Delta Mainline |
11,161,480 |
10,570,399 |
5.6% |
66,418,339 |
64,215,182 |
3.4% |
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Regional |
1,860,012 |
1,856,315 |
0.2% |
11,955,469 |
12,067,199 |
(0.9%) |
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International |
8,709,500 |
8,725,958 |
(0.2%) |
48,885,290 |
49,010,141 |
(0.3%) |
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1,890,962 |
1,831,926 |
3.2% |
13,103,405 |
12,478,664 |
5.0% |
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Delta Mainline |
1,856,097 |
1,781,111 |
4.2% |
12,845,617 |
12,132,229 |
5.9% |
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Regional |
34,864 |
50,815 |
(31.4%) |
257,787 |
346,435 |
(25.6%) |
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Atlantic |
4,882,573 |
4,743,657 |
2.9% |
23,831,754 |
22,967,769 |
3.8% |
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Pacific |
1,935,965 |
2,150,375 |
(10.0%) |
11,950,131 |
13,563,708 |
(11.9%) |
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Total System |
21,730,992 |
21,152,672 |
2.7% |
127,259,098 |
125,292,522 |
1.6% |
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ASMs (000): |
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Domestic |
14,827,690 |
14,354,907 |
3.3% |
91,434,143 |
89,686,543 |
1.9% |
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Delta Mainline |
12,588,439 |
12,112,112 |
3.9% |
76,490,583 |
74,574,868 |
2.6% |
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Regional |
2,239,250 |
2,242,795 |
(0.2%) |
14,943,560 |
15,111,675 |
(1.1%) |
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International |
9,826,982 |
9,926,634 |
(1.0%) |
57,315,290 |
58,718,647 |
(2.4%) |
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2,071,684 |
2,024,873 |
2.3% |
15,021,960 |
14,761,783 |
1.8% |
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Delta Mainline |
2,030,992 |
1,967,042 |
3.3% |
14,690,379 |
14,331,997 |
2.5% |
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Regional |
40,692 |
57,831 |
(29.6%) |
331,581 |
429,786 |
(22.8%) |
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Atlantic |
5,546,170 |
5,527,710 |
0.3% |
28,383,973 |
28,504,928 |
(0.4%) |
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Pacific |
2,209,128 |
2,374,051 |
(6.9%) |
13,909,357 |
15,451,936 |
(10.0%) |
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Total System |
24,654,672 |
24,281,541 |
1.5% |
148,749,432 |
148,405,190 |
0.2% |
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Load Factor: |
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Domestic |
87.8% |
86.6% |
1.2 Pts |
85.7% |
85.1% |
0.6 Pts |
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Delta Mainline |
88.7% |
87.3% |
1.4 Pts |
86.8% |
86.1% |
0.7 Pts |
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Regional |
83.1% |
82.8% |
0.3 Pts |
80.0% |
79.9% |
0.1 Pts |
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International |
88.6% |
87.9% |
0.7 Pts |
85.3% |
83.5% |
1.8 Pts |
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91.3% |
90.5% |
0.8 Pts |
87.2% |
84.5% |
2.7 Pts |
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Delta Mainline |
91.4% |
90.5% |
0.9 Pts |
87.4% |
84.7% |
2.7 Pts |
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Regional |
85.7% |
87.9% |
(2.2) Pts |
77.7% |
80.6% |
(2.9) Pts |
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Atlantic |
88.0% |
85.8% |
2.2 Pts |
84.0% |
80.6% |
3.4 Pts |
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Pacific |
87.6% |
90.6% |
(3.0) Pts |
85.9% |
87.8% |
(1.9) Pts |
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Total System |
88.1% |
87.1% |
1.0 Pts |
85.6% |
84.4% |
1.2 Pts |
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Mainline Completion Factor |
99.9% |
99.7% |
0.2 Pts |
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Mainline On-time Performance |
83.1% |
81.6% |
1.5 Pts |
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(preliminary DOT A14) |
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Passengers Boarded |
17,605,214 |
17,115,029 |
2.9% |
108,671,009 |
107,386,748 |
1.2% |
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Cargo Ton Miles (000): |
202,755 |
170,065 |
19.2% |
1,227,394 |
1,139,029 |
7.8% |
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aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements |
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