Delta Air Lines Reports October Traffic

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Nov 03, 2011, 02:00 ET

ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for October 2011. System load factor was 82.8 percent, 0.6 points lower than the prior year on a 3.1 percent decrease in capacity. System traffic decreased 3.8 percent year over year.

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Domestic load factor increased 1.3 points year over year on a 3.2 percent decrease in capacity. International load factor was 80.6%, down 3.5 points year over year on a 3.0 percent decrease in capacity.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

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Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results (a)


			October 2011	October 2010	Change
RPMs (000):
	Domestic		9,779,263	9,940,692	(1.6%)
		Delta Mainline	7,676,545	7,852,275	(2.2%)
		Regional	2,102,718	2,088,417	0.7%
	International		6,200,864	6,669,700	(7.0%)
		Latin America	850,055	797,163	6.6%
		Delta Mainline	834,727	783,713	6.5%
		Regional	15,328	13,450	14.0%
		Atlantic	3,489,098	3,891,836	(10.3%)
		Pacific	1,861,711	1,980,701	(6.0%)
	Total System		15,980,127	16,610,392	(3.8%)

ASMs (000):
	Domestic		11,596,848	11,975,879	(3.2%)
		Delta Mainline	8,985,361	9,343,648	(3.8%)
		Regional	2,611,487	2,632,231	(0.8%)
	International		7,697,781	7,933,294	(3.0%)
		Latin America	1,101,793	1,033,999	6.6%
		Delta Mainline	1,076,137	1,012,139	6.3%
		Regional	25,656	21,860	17.4%
		Atlantic	4,224,659	4,558,734	(7.3%)
		Pacific	2,371,329	2,340,561	1.3%
	Total System		19,294,629	19,909,173	(3.1%)

Load Factor:
	Domestic		84.3%	83.0%	1.3	pts
		Delta Mainline	85.4%	84.0%	1.4	pts
		Regional	80.5%	79.3%	1.2	pts
	International		80.6%	84.1%	(3.5)	pts
		Latin America	77.2%	77.1%	0.1	pts
		Delta Mainline	77.6%	77.4%	0.2	pts
		Regional	59.7%	61.5%	(1.8)	pts
		Atlantic	82.6%	85.4%	(2.8)	pts
		Pacific	78.5%	84.6%	(6.1)	pts
	Total System		82.8%	83.4%	(0.6)	pts

Mainline Completion			99.7%	99.0%	0.7	pts
Factor

Passengers Boarded			13,950,958	14,122,498	(1.2%)

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			208,024	213,712	(2.7%)


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

Delta Air Lines
Year to Date Traffic Results (a)


			October 2011	October 2010	Change
RPMs (000):
	Domestic		97,097,076	97,855,132	(0.8%)
		Delta Mainline	76,606,421	76,990,090	(0.5%)
		Regional	20,490,655	20,865,042	(1.8%)
	International		66,675,315	65,691,009	1.5%
		Latin America	11,038,265	11,273,512	(2.1%)
		Delta Mainline	10,865,527	11,014,125	(1.3%)
		Regional	172,738	259,387	(33.4%)
		Atlantic	35,953,767	35,828,012	0.4%
		Pacific	19,683,283	18,589,485	5.9%
	Total System		163,772,391	163,546,141	0.1%

ASMs (000):
	Domestic		116,439,360	117,279,426	(0.7%)
		Delta Mainline	90,405,785	90,850,101	(0.5%)
		Regional	26,033,575	26,429,325	(1.5%)
	International		82,476,958	78,286,608	5.4%
		Latin America	14,000,000	14,131,499	(0.9%)
		Delta Mainline	13,741,763	13,778,302	(0.3%)
		Regional	258,237	353,197	(26.9%)
		Atlantic	44,139,546	42,488,587	3.9%
		Pacific	24,337,412	21,666,522	12.3%
	Total System		198,916,318	195,566,034	1.7%

Load Factor:
	Domestic		83.4%	83.4%	(0.0)	pts
		Delta Mainline	84.7%	84.7%	(0.0)	pts
		Regional	78.7%	78.9%	(0.2)	pts
	International		80.8%	83.9%	(3.1)	pts
		Latin America	78.8%	79.8%	(1.0)	pts
		Delta Mainline	79.1%	79.9%	(0.8)	pts
		Regional	66.9%	73.4%	(6.5)	pts
		Atlantic	81.5%	84.3%	(2.8)	pts
		Pacific	80.9%	85.8%	(4.9)	pts
	Total System		82.3%	83.6%	(1.3)	pts

Passengers Boarded			138,348,803	137,041,162	1.0%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			1,980,332	1,876,065	5.6%


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