Delta Air Lines pax numbers down 2% in Sep-2012, PRASM up 1%

Delta Air Lines reports (02-Oct-2012) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 13.1 million, -1.9% year-on-year;
• Revenue passenger miles: -1.1%;
  • Domestic: -4.2%;
  • International: +3.3%;
  • Latin America: +14.8%;
  • Europe: -0.3%;
  • Asia Pacific: +5.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 83.2%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Domestic: 80.5%, -2.5 ppts;
  • International: 87%, +2.5 ppts;
  • Latin America: 82.7%, +5.6 ppts;
  • Europe: 89.9%, +2.0 ppts;
  • Asia Pacific: 84.3%, +2.5 ppts;
• Consolidated PRASM: +0.5%. [more - original PR]

Delta Air Lines: "Delta continued to have solid revenue performance, with September month unit revenues up 0.5% year-over-year against a very strong performance in September 2011. This result is lower than previous guidance due to slightly lower walk-up traffic as well as incremental capacity due to strong completion factors and charter flying. Forward bookings remain solid for the fourth quarter; based on current demand trends, Delta expects a year over year improvement for October 2012 unit revenues in the low single digits." Source: Company statement, 02-Oct-2012.