Delta Air Lines pax up 6%, LF also improves in Jan-2016. PRASM down 3%

Delta Air Lines passenger numbers up 6% - traffic highlights in Jan-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 13.3 million, +5.8% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPMs): +3.7%;
• • Domestic: +6.4%;
  • • Mainline: +8.4%;
    • Regional: -2.9%;
  • International: stable;
  • • Latin America: +5.5%;
    • • Mainline: +4.4%;
      • Regional: +72.0%;
    • Trans-Atlantic: -2.1%;
    • Asia Pacific: -2.7%;
• Passenger load factor: 81.3%, +2.1 ppts;
• • Domestic: 81.1%, +2.1 ppts;
  • • Mainline: 82.7%, +2.0 ppts;
    • Regional: 73.3%, +1.7 ppt;
  • International: 81.7%, +2.1 ppts;
  • • Latin America: 83.7%, +1.5 ppt;
    • • Mainline: 83.8%, +1.4 ppt;
      • Regional: 80.0%, +7.5 ppts;
    • Trans-Atlantic: 76.1%, -0.2 ppt;
    • Asia Pacific: 87.6%, +6.0 ppts;
• Cargo traffic (FTMs): -8.9%;
• Passenger revenue per ASM: -3.0%. [more - original PR]