Delta Reports Operating Performance for October 2017

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Nov 02, 2017, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for October 2017. The company carried 16.2 million passengers across our broad global network in the month.

Monthly highlights include:

Launching service of the flagship Airbus A350-900 between Detroit and Tokyo-Narita, featuring the award-winning Delta One Suite, the new Delta Premium Select cabin, and an enhanced Main Cabin experience;
Introducing automatic check-in functionality for Fly Delta app users to streamline the check-in experience for customers; and
Completing the 13th annual Breast Cancer One employee survivor flight to raise funds and awareness for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Since 2005, Delta has raised over $13 million for breast cancer research.

The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 306 destinations in 52 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry's leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.

			Monthly Traffic Results (a)			Year to Date Traffic Results (a)


			Oct 2017	Oct 2016	Change	Oct 2017	Oct 2016	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		11,612,115	11,072,330	4.9%	113,474,953	109,680,482	3.5%
		Delta Mainline	9,864,262	9,274,529	6.4%	96,284,193	92,310,024	4.3%
		Regional	1,747,853	1,797,801	(2.8%)	17,190,760	17,370,458	(1.0%)
	International		6,685,452	6,500,885	2.8%	71,355,372	71,005,326	0.5%
		Latin America	1,334,377	1,292,823	3.2%	17,378,835	16,639,845	4.4%
		Delta Mainline	1,309,555	1,253,136	4.5%	17,047,572	16,173,029	5.4%
		Regional	24,822	39,687	(37.5%)	331,262	466,816	(29.0%)
		Atlantic	3,642,611	3,389,752	7.5%	36,478,992	34,748,166	5.0%
		Pacific	1,708,465	1,818,310	(6.0%)	17,497,545	19,617,315	(10.8%)
	Total System		18,297,567	17,573,215	4.1%	184,830,324	180,685,808	2.3%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		13,331,610	12,738,344	4.7%	132,245,299	128,922,831	2.6%
		Delta Mainline	11,216,750	10,549,528	6.3%	110,863,303	107,228,531	3.4%
		Regional	2,114,860	2,188,816	(3.4%)	21,381,996	21,694,300	(1.4%)
	International		7,955,956	7,909,820	0.6%	83,305,735	84,877,821	(1.9%)
		Latin America	1,583,536	1,506,191	5.1%	19,972,926	19,608,648	1.9%
		Delta Mainline	1,553,103	1,453,677	6.8%	19,550,194	19,024,392	2.8%
		Regional	30,433	52,514	(42.0%)	422,732	584,256	(27.6%)
		Atlantic	4,382,768	4,285,809	2.3%	43,089,184	42,991,833	0.2%
		Pacific	1,989,652	2,117,820	(6.1%)	20,243,626	22,277,340	(9.1%)
	Total System		21,287,566	20,648,164	3.1%	215,551,034	213,800,652	0.8%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		87.1%	86.9%	0.2 Pts	85.8%	85.1%	0.7 Pts
		Delta Mainline	87.9%	87.9%	0.0 Pts	86.8%	86.1%	0.7 Pts
		Regional	82.6%	82.1%	0.5 Pts	80.4%	80.1%	0.3 Pts
	International		84.0%	82.2%	1.8 Pts	85.7%	83.7%	2.0 Pts
		Latin America	84.3%	85.8%	(1.5) Pts	87.0%	84.9%	2.1 Pts
		Delta Mainline	84.3%	86.2%	(1.9) Pts	87.2%	85.0%	2.2 Pts
		Regional	81.6%	75.6%	6.0 Pts	78.4%	79.9%	(1.5) Pts
		Atlantic	83.1%	79.1%	4.0 Pts	84.7%	80.8%	3.9 Pts
		Pacific	85.9%	85.9%	0.0 Pts	86.4%	88.1%	(1.7) Pts
	Total System		86.0%	85.1%	0.9 Pts	85.7%	84.5%	1.2 Pts


Mainline Completion Factor			100.0%	99.4%	0.6 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			89.4%	92.2%	(2.8) Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			16,183,647	15,706,275	3.0%	157,129,691	154,423,030	1.8%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			196,680	181,286	8.5%	1,806,080	1,654,549	9.2%

^aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements