Delta Air Lines Reports August Traffic

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Sep 03, 2010, 12:48 ET

ATLANTA, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for August 2010. System traffic in August 2010 increased 1.1 percent compared to August 2009 on a 1.2 percent increase in capacity. Load factor remained flat at 86.5 percent.

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Domestic traffic decreased 0.9 percent year over year on a 0.3 percent increase in capacity. Domestic load factor decreased 1.0 point to 85.8 percent. International traffic increased 4.2 percent year over year on a 2.7 percent increase in capacity, and load factor increased 1.3 points to 87.4 percent.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

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Delta Air Lines Monthly Traffic Results(a)

	August 2010	August 2009	Change
RPMs (000):
Domestic	11,101,864	11,204,628	(0.9%)
Mainline	8,829,944	8,872,069	(0.5%)
Regional	2,271,920	2,332,559	(2.6%)
International	7,840,386	7,522,759	4.2%
Latin America	1,047,796	951,256	10.1%
Mainline	1,019,009	933,833	9.1%
Regional	28,787	17,423	65.2%
Atlantic	4,636,466	4,602,876	0.7%
Pacific	2,156,124	1,968,627	9.5%
System	18,942,250	18,727,387	1.1%

ASMs (000):
Domestic	12,937,472	12,901,672	0.3%
Mainline	10,094,114	10,019,630	0.7%
Regional	2,843,358	2,882,042	(1.3%)
International	8,971,528	8,737,281	2.7%
Latin America	1,253,103	1,147,181	9.2%
Mainline	1,214,867	1,124,546	8.0%
Regional	38,236	22,635	68.9%
Atlantic	5,286,995	5,253,098	0.6%
Pacific	2,431,430	2,337,002	4.0%
System	21,909,000	21,638,953	1.2%

Load Factor
Domestic	85.8%	86.8%	(1.0)	pts
Mainline	87.5%	88.5%	(1.0)	pts
Regional	79.9%	80.9%	(1.0)	pts
International	87.4%	86.1%	1.3	pts
Latin America	83.6%	82.9%	0.7	pts
Mainline	83.9%	83.0%	0.9	pts
Regional	75.3%	77.0%	(1.7)	pts
Atlantic	87.7%	87.6%	0.1	pts
Pacific	88.7%	84.2%	4.5	pts
System	86.5%	86.5%	0.0	pts

Passengers Boarded	15,182,936	15,142,949	0.3%

Mainline Completion Factor	98.6%	99.4%	(0.8)	pts

Cargo Ton Miles (000):
Passenger Cargo	193,668	153,008	26.6%
Freighter Cargo	0	42,823	(100.0%)
System	193,668	195,831	(1.1%)

Endnote: (a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.


Delta Air Lines Year To Date Traffic Results(a)

	August 2010	August 2009	Change
RPMs (000):
Domestic	79,782,561	80,367,773	(0.7%)
Mainline	62,948,958	63,251,883	(0.5%)
Regional	16,833,603	17,115,890	(1.6%)
International	51,042,297	49,893,472	2.3%
Latin America	8,547,937	8,073,069	5.9%
Mainline	8,340,008	7,931,974	5.1%
Regional	207,929	141,095	47.4%
Atlantic	27,893,376	28,811,062	(3.2%)
Pacific	14,600,984	13,009,341	12.2%
System	130,824,858	130,261,245	0.4%

ASMs (000):
Domestic	95,014,671	96,232,071	(1.3%)
Mainline	73,774,202	74,095,521	(0.4%)
Regional	21,240,469	22,136,550	(4.0%)
International	61,112,340	62,450,149	(2.1%)
Latin America	10,731,368	10,314,215	4.0%
Mainline	10,451,572	10,113,053	3.3%
Regional	279,796	201,162	39.1%
Atlantic	33,339,091	36,035,198	(7.5%)
Pacific	17,041,881	16,100,736	5.8%
System	156,127,011	158,682,220	(1.6%)

Load Factor
Domestic	84.0%	83.5%	0.5	pts
Mainline	85.3%	85.4%	(0.1)	pts
Regional	79.3%	77.3%	2.0	pts
International	83.5%	79.9%	3.6	pts
Latin America	79.7%	78.3%	1.4	pts
Mainline	79.8%	78.4%	1.4	pts
Regional	74.3%	70.1%	4.2	pts
Atlantic	83.7%	80.0%	3.7	pts
Pacific	85.7%	80.8%	4.9	pts
System	83.8%	82.1%	1.7	pts

Passengers Boarded	109,701,703	110,573,892	(0.8%)

Cargo Ton Miles (000):
Passenger Cargo	1,469,874	1,065,923	37.9%
Freighter Cargo	0	345,122	(100.0%)
System	1,469,874	1,411,045	4.2%

Endnote: (a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.