United Airlines (UAL) March Traffic Increases 6.5%, Capacity Up 3.8%

Preliminary Operational Results

March

Year-to-Date

2018

2017

Change

2018

2017

Change

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

Domestic

10,740,113

10,313,258

4.1%

28,316,717

27,085,459

4.5%

Mainline

8,716,373

8,408,616

3.7%

22,808,386

21,880,767

4.2%

Regional

2,023,740

1,904,642

6.3%

5,508,331

5,204,692

5.8%

International

8,024,539

7,299,522

9.9%

21,532,116

20,525,521

4.9%

Atlantic

2,831,142

2,382,787

18.8%

7,094,089

6,392,642

11.0%

Pacific

3,003,281

2,820,214

6.5%

8,449,859

8,171,519

3.4%

Latin

2,190,116

2,096,521

4.5%

5,988,168

5,961,360

0.4%

Mainline

2,109,742

2,019,803

4.5%

5,757,450

5,737,878

0.3%

Regional

80,374

76,718

4.8%

230,718

223,482

3.2%

Consolidated

18,764,652

17,612,780

6.5%

49,848,833

47,610,980

4.7%

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

Domestic

12,571,317

12,042,003

4.4%

34,194,966

32,516,226

5.2%

Mainline

10,130,877

9,763,198

3.8%

27,325,875

26,097,477

4.7%

Regional

2,440,440

2,278,805

7.1%

6,869,091

6,418,749

7.0%

International

9,903,291

9,615,572

3.0%

27,782,198

27,291,906

1.8%

Atlantic

3,519,840

3,357,474

4.8%

9,716,386

9,428,024

3.1%

Pacific

3,789,630

3,694,788

2.6%

10,886,022

10,564,478

3.0%

Latin

2,593,821

2,563,310

1.2%

7,179,790

7,299,404

(1.6%)

Mainline

2,484,431

2,449,770

1.4%

6,869,648

6,963,868

(1.4%)

Regional

109,390

113,540

(3.7%)

310,142

335,536

(7.6%)

Consolidated

22,474,608

21,657,575

3.8%

61,977,164

59,808,132

3.6%

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR

Domestic

85.4%

85.6%

(0.2) pts

82.8%

83.3%

(0.5) pts

Mainline

86.0%

86.1%

(0.1) pts

83.5%

83.8%

(0.3) pts

Regional

82.9%

83.6%

(0.7) pts

80.2%

81.1%

(0.9) pts

International

81.0%

75.9%

5.1 pts

77.5%

75.2%

2.3 pts

Atlantic

80.4%

71.0%

9.4 pts

73.0%

67.8%

5.2 pts

Pacific

79.2%

76.3%

2.9 pts

77.6%

77.3%

0.3 pts

Latin

84.4%

81.8%

2.6 pts

83.4%

81.7%

1.7 pts

Mainline

84.9%

82.4%

2.5 pts

83.8%

82.4%

1.4 pts

Regional

73.5%

67.6%

5.9 pts

74.4%

66.6%

7.8 pts

Consolidated

83.5%

81.3%

2.2 pts

80.4%

79.6%

0.8 pts

ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)

Mainline

9,329

8,994

3.7%

24,602

23,825

3.3%

Regional

3,660

3,420

7.0%

9,893

9,280

6.6%

Consolidated

12,989

12,414

4.6%

34,495

33,105

4.2%

CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)

Total

304,482

279,592

8.9%

817,405

748,434

9.2%

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Mainline Departure Performance1

70.5%

67.0%

3.5 pts

Mainline Completion Factor

98.0%

98.7%

(0.7) pts