Delta Reports Operating Performance for December 2017
ATLANTA, Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for December 2017. The company carried 14.4 million passengers across its broad global network in the month.
Monthly highlights include:
- Ordering 100 state-of-the-art Airbus 321neo aircraft with deliveries beginning in 2020 and a long-term commitment with Pratt & Whitney for Delta TechOps to be a major maintenance, repair and overhaul provider for the PW1100G and PW1500G engines, powering Delta's A321neo and C Series aircraft;
- Being named the transportation industry leader and one of America's Most JUST Companies by Forbes and JUST Capital, a ranking of social and corporate responsibility;
- Ranking as the top airline and No. 17 on the list of 50 large companies on Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards, a list of the Best Places to Work in 2018; and
- Retiring from scheduled service the Boeing 747-400 fleet, among the most iconic and recognizable aircraft, and the final retirement by a U.S. air carrier.
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 314 destinations in 54 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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Dec 2017 |
Dec 2016 |
Change |
Dec 2017 |
Dec 2016 |
Change | ||||||||
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RPMs (000): |
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Domestic |
10,633,635 |
10,636,873 |
(0.0%) |
134,921,847 |
130,788,448 |
3.2% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
8,986,334 |
8,870,856 |
1.3% |
114,448,592 |
109,951,588 |
4.1% | |||||||
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Regional |
1,647,301 |
1,766,017 |
(6.7%) |
20,473,255 |
20,836,860 |
(1.7%) | |||||||
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International |
6,094,189 |
6,163,170 |
(1.1%) |
82,790,546 |
82,308,707 |
0.6% | |||||||
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Latin America |
1,713,087 |
1,838,657 |
(6.8%) |
20,407,827 |
19,789,825 |
3.1% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
1,694,662 |
1,796,942 |
(5.7%) |
20,040,661 |
19,243,525 |
4.1% | |||||||
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Regional |
18,425 |
41,715 |
(55.8%) |
367,166 |
546,300 |
(32.8%) | |||||||
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Atlantic |
2,706,569 |
2,655,653 |
1.9% |
41,641,403 |
39,738,261 |
4.8% | |||||||
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Pacific |
1,674,532 |
1,668,860 |
0.3% |
20,741,317 |
22,780,621 |
(9.0%) | |||||||
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Total System |
16,727,824 |
16,800,043 |
(0.4%) |
217,712,393 |
213,097,155 |
2.2% | |||||||
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ASMs (000): |
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Domestic |
12,650,910 |
12,385,749 |
2.1% |
157,415,614 |
153,349,383 |
2.7% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
10,588,815 |
10,235,779 |
3.4% |
131,964,074 |
127,439,343 |
3.6% | |||||||
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Regional |
2,062,095 |
2,149,970 |
(4.1%) |
25,451,540 |
25,910,040 |
(1.8%) | |||||||
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International |
7,217,153 |
7,312,211 |
(1.3%) |
96,909,500 |
98,518,013 |
(1.6%) | |||||||
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Latin America |
2,028,230 |
2,183,735 |
(7.1%) |
23,535,460 |
23,308,279 |
1.0% | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
2,005,209 |
2,129,334 |
(5.8%) |
23,068,443 |
22,619,070 |
2.0% | |||||||
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Regional |
23,020 |
54,401 |
(57.7%) |
467,017 |
689,209 |
(32.2%) | |||||||
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Atlantic |
3,269,977 |
3,201,704 |
2.1% |
49,398,455 |
49,239,642 |
0.3% | |||||||
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Pacific |
1,918,947 |
1,926,772 |
(0.4%) |
23,975,585 |
25,970,092 |
(7.7%) | |||||||
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Total System |
19,868,064 |
19,697,960 |
0.9% |
254,325,114 |
251,867,396 |
1.0% | |||||||
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Load Factor: |
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Domestic |
84.1% |
85.9% |
(1.8) Pts |
85.7% |
85.3% |
0.4 Pts | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
84.9% |
86.7% |
(1.8) Pts |
86.7% |
86.3% |
0.4 Pts | |||||||
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Regional |
79.9% |
82.1% |
(2.2) Pts |
80.4% |
80.4% |
0.0 Pts | |||||||
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International |
84.4% |
84.3% |
0.1 Pts |
85.4% |
83.5% |
1.9 Pts | |||||||
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Latin America |
84.5% |
84.2% |
0.3 Pts |
86.7% |
84.9% |
1.8 Pts | |||||||
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Delta Mainline |
84.5% |
84.4% |
0.1 Pts |
86.9% |
85.1% |
1.8 Pts | |||||||
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Regional |
80.0% |
76.7% |
3.3 Pts |
78.6% |
79.3% |
(0.7) Pts | |||||||
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Atlantic |
82.8% |
82.9% |
(0.1) Pts |
84.3% |
80.7% |
3.6 Pts | |||||||
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Pacific |
87.3% |
86.6% |
0.7 Pts |
86.5% |
87.7% |
(1.2) Pts | |||||||
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Total System |
84.2% |
85.3% |
(1.1) Pts |
85.6% |
84.6% |
1.0 Pts | |||||||
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Mainline Completion Factor |
97.3% |
99.8% |
(2.5) Pts |
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Mainline On-time Performance |
83.5% |
81.4% |
2.1 Pts |
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(preliminary DOT A14) |
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Passengers Boarded |
14,373,041 |
14,662,236 |
(2.0%) |
186,389,862 |
183,749,650 |
1.4% | |||||||
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Cargo Ton Miles (000): |
174,782 |
165,079 |
5.9% |
2,150,842 |
1,979,629 |
8.6% | |||||||
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aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements |
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SOURCE Delta Air Lines
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