United Airlines (UAL) August Traffic Up 2.3%, Capacity Up 2.4%

Preliminary Operational Results

August

Year-to-Date

2017

2016

Change

2017

2016

Change

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

Domestic

11,474,838

11,038,126

4.0%

82,810,385

78,820,388

5.1%

Mainline

9,667,919

8,981,523

7.6%

68,304,971

63,216,700

8.0%

Regional

1,806,919

2,056,603

(12.1%)

14,505,414

15,603,688

(7.0%)

International

8,920,114

8,904,870

0.2%

63,065,426

62,431,009

1.0%

Atlantic

4,033,026

3,934,187

2.5%

24,381,385

24,403,472

(0.1%)

Pacific

3,137,243

3,170,592

(1.1%)

23,035,961

22,745,076

1.3%

Latin

1,749,845

1,800,091

(2.8%)

15,648,080

15,282,461

2.4%

Mainline

1,685,704

1,719,563

(2.0%)

15,060,517

14,660,448

2.7%

Regional

64,141

80,528

(20.3%)

587,563

622,013

(5.5%)

Consolidated

20,394,952

19,942,996

2.3%

145,875,811

141,251,397

3.3%

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

Domestic

13,443,106

12,830,282

4.8%

96,757,336

92,227,485

4.9%

Mainline

11,217,255

10,381,833

8.0%

79,119,993

73,633,033

7.5%

Regional

2,225,851

2,448,449

(9.1%)

17,637,343

18,594,452

(5.1%)

International

10,459,670

10,508,143

(0.5%)

79,185,424

77,780,487

1.8%

Atlantic

4,801,308

4,826,353

(0.5%)

31,928,945

32,262,883

(1.0%)

Pacific

3,628,052

3,599,738

0.8%

28,569,999

27,274,550

4.7%

Latin

2,030,310

2,082,052

(2.5%)

18,686,480

18,243,054

2.4%

Mainline

1,954,655

1,977,284

(1.1%)

17,884,020

17,377,741

2.9%

Regional

75,655

104,768

(27.8%)

802,460

865,313

(7.3%)

Consolidated

23,902,776

23,338,425

2.4%

175,942,760

170,007,972

3.5%

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR

Domestic

85.4%

86.0%

(0.6) pts

85.6%

85.5%

0.1 pts

Mainline

86.2%

86.5%

(0.3) pts

86.3%

85.9%

0.4 pts

Regional

81.2%

84.0%

(2.8) pts

82.2%

83.9%

(1.7) pts

International

85.3%

84.7%

0.6 pts

79.6%

80.3%

(0.7) pts

Atlantic

84.0%

81.5%

2.5 pts

76.4%

75.6%

0.8 pts

Pacific

86.5%

88.1%

(1.6) pts

80.6%

83.4%

(2.8) pts

Latin

86.2%

86.5%

(0.3) pts

83.7%

83.8%

(0.1) pts

Mainline

86.2%

87.0%

(0.8) pts

84.2%

84.4%

(0.2) pts

Regional

84.8%

76.9%

7.9 pts

73.2%

71.9%

1.3 pts

Consolidated

85.3%

85.5%

(0.2) pts

82.9%

83.1%

(0.2) pts

ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)

Mainline

10,071

9,407

7.1%

72,630

66,997

8.4%

Regional

3,386

3,771

(10.2%)

26,371

28,176

(6.4%)

Consolidated

13,457

13,178

2.1%

99,001

95,173

4.0%

CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)

Total

270,465

230,523

17.3%

2,124,940

1,769,859

20.1%

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Mainline Departure Performance1

63.0%

58.8%

4.2 pts

Mainline Completion Factor

95.9%

99.3%

(3.4) pts

1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time

Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the definition of these statistics