Delta Reports Operating Performance for July 2017

ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for July 2017. The company carried 17.6 million passengers across our broad global network in the month.

Monthly highlights include:

Taking delivery of Delta's first Airbus A350 featuring the award-winning Delta One suite and Delta Premium Select cabin which will go into service this fall;
Announcing nonstop service between Atlanta and Shanghai to begin in July 2018; and
Deepening Delta's partnership with Air France-KLM through a 10% equity investment and a commitment to expand the transatlantic joint venture to include Delta, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Alitalia.

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 334 destinations in 62 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, 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)


			July 2017	July 2016	Change	July 2017	July 2016	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		13,021,492	12,426,714	4.8%	78,373,808	76,282,381	2.7%
		Delta Mainline	11,161,480	10,570,399	5.6%	66,418,339	64,215,182	3.4%
		Regional	1,860,012	1,856,315	0.2%	11,955,469	12,067,199	(0.9%)
	International		8,709,500	8,725,958	(0.2%)	48,885,290	49,010,141	(0.3%)
		Latin America	1,890,962	1,831,926	3.2%	13,103,405	12,478,664	5.0%
		Delta Mainline	1,856,097	1,781,111	4.2%	12,845,617	12,132,229	5.9%
		Regional	34,864	50,815	(31.4%)	257,787	346,435	(25.6%)
		Atlantic	4,882,573	4,743,657	2.9%	23,831,754	22,967,769	3.8%
		Pacific	1,935,965	2,150,375	(10.0%)	11,950,131	13,563,708	(11.9%)
	Total System		21,730,992	21,152,672	2.7%	127,259,098	125,292,522	1.6%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		14,827,690	14,354,907	3.3%	91,434,143	89,686,543	1.9%
		Delta Mainline	12,588,439	12,112,112	3.9%	76,490,583	74,574,868	2.6%
		Regional	2,239,250	2,242,795	(0.2%)	14,943,560	15,111,675	(1.1%)
	International		9,826,982	9,926,634	(1.0%)	57,315,290	58,718,647	(2.4%)
		Latin America	2,071,684	2,024,873	2.3%	15,021,960	14,761,783	1.8%
		Delta Mainline	2,030,992	1,967,042	3.3%	14,690,379	14,331,997	2.5%
		Regional	40,692	57,831	(29.6%)	331,581	429,786	(22.8%)
		Atlantic	5,546,170	5,527,710	0.3%	28,383,973	28,504,928	(0.4%)
		Pacific	2,209,128	2,374,051	(6.9%)	13,909,357	15,451,936	(10.0%)
	Total System		24,654,672	24,281,541	1.5%	148,749,432	148,405,190	0.2%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		87.8%	86.6%	1.2 Pts	85.7%	85.1%	0.6 Pts
		Delta Mainline	88.7%	87.3%	1.4 Pts	86.8%	86.1%	0.7 Pts
		Regional	83.1%	82.8%	0.3 Pts	80.0%	79.9%	0.1 Pts
	International		88.6%	87.9%	0.7 Pts	85.3%	83.5%	1.8 Pts
		Latin America	91.3%	90.5%	0.8 Pts	87.2%	84.5%	2.7 Pts
		Delta Mainline	91.4%	90.5%	0.9 Pts	87.4%	84.7%	2.7 Pts
		Regional	85.7%	87.9%	(2.2) Pts	77.7%	80.6%	(2.9) Pts
		Atlantic	88.0%	85.8%	2.2 Pts	84.0%	80.6%	3.4 Pts
		Pacific	87.6%	90.6%	(3.0) Pts	85.9%	87.8%	(1.9) Pts
	Total System		88.1%	87.1%	1.0 Pts	85.6%	84.4%	1.2 Pts

Mainline Completion Factor			99.9%	99.7%	0.2 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			83.1%	81.6%	1.5 Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			17,605,214	17,115,029	2.9%	108,671,009	107,386,748	1.2%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			202,755	170,065	19.2%	1,227,394	1,139,029	7.8%

^aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements