Delta Reports Operating Performance for November 2017
ATLANTA, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for November 2017. The company carried 14.9 million passengers across its broad global network in the month.
Monthly highlights include:
- Setting a new No. 1 system and domestic revenue day during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period on Sunday, Nov. 26;
- Recording zero system cancellations across Delta's global operation while carrying more than 2.35 million customers on nearly 23,000 flights with an on-time arrival rate of 92.7 percent during the Thanksgiving holiday period from Wednesday to Sunday;
- Receiving approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation of the trans-Pacific joint venture with Korean Air, a significant milestone; and
- Ranking as the No. 1 U.S. airline by the corporate travel community in the Business Travel News Airline Survey for a historic seventh consecutive year, sweeping all 10 categories and improving on the scores achieved in 2016.
The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven 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 306 destinations in 52 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) |
Year to Date Traffic Results (a) | ||||||||||||
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Nov 2017 |
Nov 2016 |
Change |
Nov 2017 |
Nov 2016 |
Change | ||||||||
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RPMs (000): |
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Domestic |
10,813,259 |
10,471,093 |
3.3% |
124,288,211 |
120,151,575 |
3.4% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
9,178,065 |
8,770,708 |
4.6% |
105,462,258 |
101,080,732 |
4.3% | |||||||
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Regional |
1,635,194 |
1,700,385 |
(3.8%) |
18,825,954 |
19,070,843 |
(1.3%) | |||||||
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International |
5,340,986 |
5,140,211 |
3.9% |
76,696,358 |
76,145,537 |
0.7% | |||||||
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Latin America |
1,315,905 |
1,311,323 |
0.3% |
18,694,740 |
17,951,168 |
4.1% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
1,298,426 |
1,273,554 |
2.0% |
18,345,998 |
17,446,583 |
5.2% | |||||||
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Regional |
17,479 |
37,769 |
(53.7%) |
348,741 |
504,585 |
(30.9%) | |||||||
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Atlantic |
2,455,841 |
2,334,442 |
5.2% |
38,934,833 |
37,082,608 |
5.0% | |||||||
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Pacific |
1,569,240 |
1,494,446 |
5.0% |
19,066,785 |
21,111,761 |
(9.7%) | |||||||
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Total System |
16,154,245 |
15,611,304 |
3.5% |
200,984,569 |
196,297,112 |
2.4% | |||||||
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ASMs (000): |
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Domestic |
12,519,405 |
12,040,803 |
4.0% |
144,764,703 |
140,963,634 |
2.7% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
10,511,956 |
9,975,033 |
5.4% |
121,375,259 |
117,203,564 |
3.6% | |||||||
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Regional |
2,007,449 |
2,065,770 |
(2.8%) |
23,389,445 |
23,760,070 |
(1.6%) | |||||||
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International |
6,386,611 |
6,327,981 |
0.9% |
89,692,347 |
91,205,802 |
(1.7%) | |||||||
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Latin America |
1,534,305 |
1,515,896 |
1.2% |
21,507,231 |
21,124,544 |
1.8% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
1,513,040 |
1,465,344 |
3.3% |
21,063,234 |
20,489,736 |
2.8% | |||||||
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Regional |
21,265 |
50,552 |
(57.9%) |
443,997 |
634,808 |
(30.1%) | |||||||
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Atlantic |
3,039,294 |
3,046,105 |
(0.2%) |
46,128,478 |
46,037,938 |
0.2% | |||||||
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Pacific |
1,813,012 |
1,765,980 |
2.7% |
22,056,638 |
24,043,320 |
(8.3%) | |||||||
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Total System |
18,906,016 |
18,368,784 |
2.9% |
234,457,050 |
232,169,436 |
1.0% | |||||||
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Load Factor: |
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Domestic |
86.4% |
87.0% |
(0.6) Pts |
85.9% |
85.2% |
0.7 Pts | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
87.3% |
87.9% |
(0.6) Pts |
86.9% |
86.2% |
0.7 Pts | |||||||
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Regional |
81.5% |
82.3% |
(0.8) Pts |
80.5% |
80.3% |
0.2 Pts | |||||||
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International |
83.6% |
81.2% |
2.4 Pts |
85.5% |
83.5% |
2.0 Pts | |||||||
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Latin America |
85.8% |
86.5% |
(0.7) Pts |
86.9% |
85.0% |
1.9 Pts | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
85.8% |
86.9% |
(1.1) Pts |
87.1% |
85.1% |
2.0 Pts | |||||||
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Regional |
82.2% |
74.7% |
7.5 Pts |
78.5% |
79.5% |
(1.0) Pts | |||||||
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Atlantic |
80.8% |
76.6% |
4.2 Pts |
84.4% |
80.5% |
3.9 Pts | |||||||
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Pacific |
86.6% |
84.6% |
2.0 Pts |
86.4% |
87.8% |
(1.4) Pts | |||||||
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Total System |
85.4% |
85.0% |
0.4 Pts |
85.7% |
84.5% |
1.2 Pts | |||||||
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Mainline Completion Factor |
100.0% |
100.0% |
0.0 Pts |
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Mainline On-time Performance |
93.6 |
91.4% |
2.2 Pts |
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(preliminary DOT A14) |
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Passengers Boarded |
14,887,130 |
14,664,384 |
1.5% |
172,016,821 |
169,087,414 |
1.7% | |||||||
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Cargo Ton Miles (000): |
169,980 |
160,001 |
6.2% |
1,976,060 |
1,814,550 |
8.9% | |||||||
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aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements |
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SOURCE Delta Air Lines
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