Retail Sales

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) reported traffic results for June 2008. International traffic remained strong in June, increasing 13.9% year over year on a 14.1% increase in capacity. Delta's international load factor was 83.3%, flat compared to June 2007. The load factor for Latin America was 81.6%, higher than any previous June on record for Delta.

In addition, a record number of passengers flew internationally on Delta during June. The number of passengers for international, Latin America and Atlantic increased 9.3%, 5.1% and 10.6%, respectively, versus the same period last year.

Delta's system traffic, capacity and load factor in June 2008 were flat compared to June 2007. Domestic traffic in June 2008 decreased 7.0% year over year on a capacity decrease of 6.6%. Delta's domestic load factor was 86.9%, flat compared to June 2007. [SM]

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said June same store sales, which were negatively impacted by the Brooks Eckerd stores, decreased 0.4 percent over the prior-year period.

harmacy same store sales decreased 0.5 percent, which included an approximate 250 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions and an approximate 60 basis points negative impact from the switch of Zyrtec to over-the-counter status. Front-end same store sales were down 0.2 percent.

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) announced selected subscriber information for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

In the second quarter of 2008, on a consolidated basis, MetroPCS reported gross additions of approximately 793 thousand subscribers, which represents an increase of 20% over the second quarter of 2007.

Churn for the second quarter of 2008 was down 0.3% when compared to the second quarter of 2007, and consistent with seasonal patterns, increased 0.5% to 4.5% when compared to the first quarter of 2008. MetroPCS ended the second quarter with approximately 4.6 million subscribers, which includes net additions during the quarter of approximately 184 thousand subscribers.

MetroPCS has added over one million subscribers during the twelve month period ended June 30, 2008, representing total subscriber growth of approximately 30% as compared to subscribers as of June 30, 2007.

At the end of the second quarter, consolidated subscriber base was approximately 4.6 million.

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. offer wireless broadband personal communication services (PCS), on a no long-term contract, flat-rate, unlimited usage basis in the San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Sacramento, Tampa/Sarasota/Orlando, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Detroit metropolitan areas, which include a total licensed population of approximately 67 million. [SM]

Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ: RJET) reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June 2008. The company generated 868.0 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 12.3% increase over the same month last year, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 17.2% to 1.11 billion. Block hours were 63,032 in June 2008, a 12.0% increase over June 2007. Load factor was 78.5% versus 81.9% in June 2007. A total of 1,698,401 passengers were carried during the month, a 16.5% increase over the same month last year.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. operates Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., (Chautauqua Airlines), Republic Airline Inc. (Republic Airline) and Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle America). [SM]

Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) had June sales of $4,810,100,000, an increase of 9.9% from $4,378,540,000 for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) rose 3.4%, while comparable store front-end sales increased 3.5%.