United Reports July 2017 Operational Performance
08-Aug-2017 United Airlines (UAL) today reported July 2017 operational results.
UAL's July 2017 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 3.9 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 4.6 percent versus July 2016. UAL's July 2017 consolidated load factor decreased 0.6 points compared to July 2016.
Scott Kirby, president of United Airlines, said, "Running a great airline starts with taking off on time, and last month, we saw the best-ever on-time departures for the month of July in our history, all while carrying more passengers than ever before. We saw improved metrics on almost every front, including the best July on-time delivery from our tech ops team in six years and a 12 percent improvement in our baggage performance."
The company continues to expect third-quarter 2017 consolidated passenger unit revenue to be down 1.0 percent to up 1.0 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016.
About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 338 airports across five continents. In 2016, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 143 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 748 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 475 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to more than 190 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".
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Preliminary Operational Results |
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July |
Year-to-Date |
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2017 |
2016 |
Change |
2017 |
2016 |
Change |
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REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000) |
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Domestic |
11,997,825 |
11,197,898 |
7.1% |
71,335,547 |
67,782,262 |
5.2% |
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Mainline |
10,090,634 |
9,100,554 |
10.9% |
58,637,052 |
54,235,177 |
8.1% |
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Regional |
1,907,191 |
2,097,344 |
(9.1%) |
12,698,495 |
13,547,085 |
(6.3%) |
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International |
9,515,935 |
9,511,826 |
0.0% |
54,145,312 |
53,526,139 |
1.2% |
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Atlantic |
4,038,394 |
4,070,506 |
(0.8%) |
20,348,359 |
20,469,285 |
(0.6%) |
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Pacific |
3,135,175 |
3,197,578 |
(2.0%) |
19,898,718 |
19,574,484 |
1.7% |
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Latin |
2,342,366 |
2,243,742 |
4.4% |
13,898,235 |
13,482,370 |
3.1% |
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Mainline |
2,258,147 |
2,153,652 |
4.9% |
13,374,813 |
12,940,885 |
3.4% |
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Regional |
84,219 |
90,090 |
(6.5%) |
523,422 |
541,485 |
(3.3%) |
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Consolidated |
21,513,760 |
20,709,724 |
3.9% |
125,480,859 |
121,308,401 |
3.4% |
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AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000) |
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Domestic |
13,651,010 |
12,681,837 |
7.6% |
83,314,230 |
79,397,203 |
4.9% |
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Mainline |
11,355,336 |
10,263,338 |
10.6% |
67,902,738 |
63,251,200 |
7.4% |
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Regional |
2,295,674 |
2,418,499 |
(5.1%) |
15,411,492 |
16,146,003 |
(4.5%) |
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International |
11,114,243 |
10,989,449 |
1.1% |
68,725,754 |
67,272,344 |
2.2% |
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Atlantic |
4,865,154 |
4,862,537 |
0.1% |
27,127,637 |
27,436,530 |
(1.1%) |
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Pacific |
3,662,096 |
3,617,618 |
1.2% |
24,941,947 |
23,674,812 |
5.4% |
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Latin |
2,586,993 |
2,509,294 |
3.1% |
16,656,170 |
16,161,002 |
3.1% |
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Mainline |
2,492,076 |
2,402,522 |
3.7% |
15,929,365 |
15,400,457 |
3.4% |
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Regional |
94,917 |
106,772 |
(11.1%) |
726,805 |
760,545 |
(4.4%) |
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Consolidated |
24,765,253 |
23,671,286 |
4.6% |
152,039,984 |
146,669,547 |
3.7% |
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PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR |
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Domestic |
87.9% |
88.3% |
(0.4) pts |
85.6% |
85.4% |
0.2 pts |
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Mainline |
88.9% |
88.7% |
0.2 pts |
86.4% |
85.7% |
0.7 pts |
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Regional |
83.1% |
86.7% |
(3.6) pts |
82.4% |
83.9% |
(1.5) pts |
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International |
85.6% |
86.6% |
(1.0) pt |
78.8% |
79.6% |
(0.8) pts |
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Atlantic |
83.0% |
83.7% |
(0.7) pts |
75.0% |
74.6% |
0.4 pts |
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Pacific |
85.6% |
88.4% |
(2.8) pts |
79.8% |
82.7% |
(2.9) pts |
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Latin |
90.5% |
89.4% |
1.1 pts |
83.4% |
83.4% |
0.0 pts |
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Mainline |
90.6% |
89.6% |
1.0 pt |
84.0% |
84.0% |
0.0 pts |
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Regional |
88.7% |
84.4% |
4.3 pts |
72.0% |
71.2% |
0.8 pts |
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Consolidated |
86.9% |
87.5% |
(0.6) pts |
82.5% |
82.7% |
(0.2) pts |
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ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000) |
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Mainline |
10,650 |
9,674 |
10.1% |
62,559 |
57,590 |
8.6% |
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Regional |
3,542 |
3,818 |
(7.2%) |
22,985 |
24,405 |
(5.8%) |
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Consolidated |
14,192 |
13,492 |
5.2% |
85,544 |
81,995 |
4.3% |
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CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000) |
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Total |
278,743 |
238,125 |
17.1% |
1,854,475 |
1,539,336 |
20.5% |
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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE |
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Mainline Departure Performance1 |
63.3% |
57.1% |
6.2 pts |
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Mainline Completion Factor |
99.3% |
98.9% |
0.4 pts |
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1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time |
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Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the definition of these statistics |