ATLANTA, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for August 2018. The company carried 18.3 million
customers across its broad global network, a record for the month
of August.
Monthly highlights include:
- Opening a new 127,000-square-foot state-of-the-art engine
repair shop, which will support the next-generation Rolls-Royce
powerplants featured on Delta's Airbus A350 and the forthcoming
A330-900neo through the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul
business
- Installing seat-back entertainment on its 600th aircraft,
giving more customers than ever convenient access to free in-flight
entertainment on Delta Studio, and offering more aircraft with
seat-back entertainment than any airline in the world
- Announcing new Summer 2019 trans-Atlantic flying to include
expanded service to Paris and Amsterdam from Los
Angeles; expanded service to Paris and Tel Aviv from New York-JFK, and new service to
Amsterdam from Tampa
- Aligning the corporate customer program with joint venture
partner Air France-KLM in an industry-first program to enhance
benefits for the corporate travel experience, including better
seats and priority boarding
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 309 destinations in 53 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 and Facebook.com/delta.
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Monthly Traffic
Results
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Year to Date
Traffic Results
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Aug
2018
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Aug
2017
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Change
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Aug
2018
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Aug
2017
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Change
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RPMs
(000):
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Domestic
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13,680,026
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12,961,712
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5.5%
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95,785,484
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91,338,523
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4.9%
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International
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8,722,000
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8,656,170
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0.8%
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57,903,639
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57,539,461
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0.6%
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Latin
America
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1,676,598
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1,728,519
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(3.0%)
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14,396,742
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14,833,257
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(2.9%)
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Atlantic
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5,050,625
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4,859,560
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3.9%
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29,724,294
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28,689,555
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3.6%
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Pacific
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1,994,777
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2,068,091
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(3.5%)
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13,782,603
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14,016,649
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(1.7%)
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Total
System
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22,402,026
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21,617,882
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3.6%
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153,689,123
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148,877,984
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3.2%
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ASMs
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Domestic
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15,633,289
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14,886,938
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5.0%
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111,741,103
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106,327,365
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5.1%
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International
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9,823,927
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9,702,173
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1.3%
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67,198,902
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67,014,845
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0.3%
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Latin
America
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1,908,501
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1,938,668
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(1.6%)
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16,625,122
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16,961,148
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(2.0%)
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Atlantic
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5,674,874
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5,491,818
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3.3%
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34,782,421
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33,873,579
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2.7%
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Pacific
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2,240,552
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2,271,687
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(1.4%)
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15,791,359
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16,180,118
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(2.4%)
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Total
System
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25,457,216
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24,589,111
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3.5%
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178,940,005
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173,342,210
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3.2%
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Load
Factor:
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Domestic
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87.5%
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87.1%
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0.4 Pts
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85.7%
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85.9%
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(0.2)
Pts
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International
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88.8%
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89.2%
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(0.4)
Pts
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86.2%
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85.9%
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0.3 Pts
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Latin
America
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87.8%
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89.2%
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(1.4)
Pts
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86.6%
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87.5%
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(0.9)
Pts
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Atlantic
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89.0%
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88.5%
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0.5 Pts
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85.5%
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84.7%
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0.8 Pts
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Pacific
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89.0%
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91.0%
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(2.0)
Pts
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87.3%
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86.6%
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0.7 Pts
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Total
System
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88.0%
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87.9%
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0.1 Pts
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85.9%
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85.9%
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0.0 Pts
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Mainline
Completion Factor
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99.84%
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99.80%
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0.04 Pts
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Mainline On-time
Performance
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83.3%
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87.4%
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(4.1)
Pts
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(preliminary DOT A14)
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Passengers
Boarded
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18,320,988
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17,622,324
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4.0%
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129,936,169
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126,290,340
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2.9%
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Cargo Ton Miles
(000):
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197,600
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194,926
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1.4%
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1,463,265
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1,418,966
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3.1%
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Note: Results are
preliminary and include flights operated under contract carrier
arrangements
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