ATLANTA, March 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for
February 2018. The company carried
13.0 million passengers across its broad global network, a record
for the month of February.
Monthly highlights included:
- Ranking among Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for
the second consecutive year as the only airline represented on the
list, and ranking as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative
Companies Worldwide" in 2018.
- Marking a significant milestone at New York-LGA airport as the
first pieces of steel for the airline's future Concourse G facility
were set in place. The terminal will be one of four concourses that
will comprise the airline's state-of-the-art new terminal featuring
37 gates, more hold room seating, additional concessions space and
a new, larger Delta Sky Club.
- Announcing the formation of the Seamless Air Alliance with
Airbus, OneWeb, Sprint and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), designed to
enable passengers to have a seamless in-cabin connectivity
experience.
The company's operating performance is detailed in the table
below.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each
year. In 2018, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired
Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for
the seventh time in eight years. Additionally, Delta has ranked
No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an
unprecedented seven consecutive years. With an industry-leading
global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer
service to 314 destinations in 54 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.
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Monthly Traffic
Results (a)
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Year to Date
Traffic Results (a)
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Feb
2018
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Feb
2017
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Change
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Feb
2018
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Feb
2017
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Change
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RPMs
(000):
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Domestic
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9,539,188
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9,053,212
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5.4%
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19,247,653
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18,640,618
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3.3%
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Delta
Mainline
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8,176,350
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7,628,134
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7.2%
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16,499,338
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15,681,153
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5.2%
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Regional
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1,362,838
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1,425,078
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(4.4%)
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2,748,316
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2,959,465
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(7.1%)
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International
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5,147,696
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5,089,894
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1.1%
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11,081,805
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11,142,993
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(0.5%)
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Latin
America
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1,784,677
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1,799,435
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(0.8%)
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3,750,603
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3,832,838
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(2.1%)
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Delta
Mainline
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1,777,161
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1,764,640
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0.7%
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3,732,610
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3,752,991
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(0.5%)
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Regional
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7,516
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34,795
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(78.4%)
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17,993
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79,847
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(77.5%)
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Atlantic
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1,949,826
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1,825,707
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6.8%
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4,291,093
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4,143,394
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3.6%
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Pacific
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1,413,193
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1,464,752
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(3.5%)
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3,040,110
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3,166,761
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(4.0%)
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Total
System
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14,686,884
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14,143,106
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3.8%
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30,329,459
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29,783,611
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1.8%
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ASMs
(000):
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Domestic
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11,587,958
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11,023,273
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5.1%
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23,872,206
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22,893,247
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4.3%
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Delta
Mainline
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9,774,311
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9,128,067
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7.1%
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20,127,332
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18,904,627
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6.5%
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Regional
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1,813,647
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1,895,206
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(4.3%)
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3,744,874
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3,988,620
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(6.1%)
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International
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6,442,622
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6,416,355
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0.4%
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13,779,602
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13,813,601
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(0.2%)
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Latin
America
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2,112,546
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2,122,427
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(0.5%)
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4,458,199
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4,528,462
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(1.6%)
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Delta
Mainline
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2,103,116
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2,073,560
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1.4%
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4,434,991
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4,419,581
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0.3%
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Regional
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9,430
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48,867
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(80.7%)
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23,208
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108,881
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(78.7%)
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Atlantic
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2,677,153
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2,549,557
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5.0%
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5,743,323
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5,564,025
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3.2%
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Pacific
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1,652,923
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1,744,371
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(5.2%)
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3,578,080
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3,721,114
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(3.8%)
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Total
System
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18,030,580
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17,439,628
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3.4%
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37,651,807
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36,706,848
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2.6%
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Load
Factor:
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Domestic
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82.3%
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82.1%
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0.2 Pts
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80.6%
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81.4%
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(0.8)
Pts
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Delta
Mainline
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83.7%
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83.6%
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0.1 Pts
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82.0%
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82.9%
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(0.9)
Pts
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Regional
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75.1%
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75.2%
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(0.1)
Pts
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73.4%
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74.2%
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(0.8)
Pts
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International
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79.9%
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79.3%
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0.6 Pts
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80.4%
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80.7%
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(0.3)
Pts
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Latin
America
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84.5%
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84.8%
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(0.3)
Pts
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84.1%
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84.6%
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(0.5)
Pts
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Delta
Mainline
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84.5%
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85.1%
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(0.6)
Pts
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84.2%
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84.9%
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(0.7)
Pts
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Regional
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79.7%
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71.2%
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8.5 Pts
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77.5%
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73.3%
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4.2 Pts
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Atlantic
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72.8%
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71.6%
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1.2 Pts
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74.7%
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74.5%
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0.2 Pts
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Pacific
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85.5%
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84.0%
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1.5 Pts
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85.0%
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85.1%
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(0.1)
Pts
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Total
System
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81.5%
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81.1%
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0.4 Pts
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80.6%
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81.1%
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(0.5)
Pts
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Mainline
Completion Factor
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99.9%
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99.5%
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0.4 Pts
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Mainline On-time
Performance
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87.8%
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89.5%
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(1.7)
Pts
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(preliminary DOT A14)
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Passengers
Boarded
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13,002,690
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12,662,016
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2.7%
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26,307,070
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26,086,815
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0.8%
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Cargo Ton Miles
(000):
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160,219
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148,506
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7.9%
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314,958
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298,197
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5.6%
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aResults
include flights operated under contract carrier
arrangements
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