Delta Reports Financial and Operating Performance for May 2016

ATLANTA, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for May 2016.

Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of May declined 5.0% year over year due to persistent close-in domestic yield weakness and continued pressures from foreign exchange.

The company's financial and operating performance is detailed below.

 

Preliminary Financial and Operating Results
May consolidated PRASM change year over year	(5.0)%
May mainline completion factor	99.9%
May on-time performance (preliminary DOT A14)	88.6%

 

Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year. In 2016, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fifth time in six years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented five consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 337 destinations in 62 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 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, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle 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.

 

			Monthly Traffic Results (a)						Year to Date Traffic Results (a)
			May 2016		May 2015		Change		May 2016		May 2015		Change
RPMs (000):
	Domestic		11,457,757		10,878,442		5.3%		51,861,283		49,295,504		5.2%
		Delta Mainline	9,635,787		9,096,893		5.9%		43,511,130		40,945,982		6.3%
		Regional	1,821,970		1,781,549		2.3%		8,350,153		8,349,522		0.0%
	International		7,360,660		7,343,755		0.2%		32,011,659		32,029,359		(0.1%)
		Latin America	1,595,517		1,548,046		3.1%		8,970,351		8,408,298		6.7%
		Delta Mainline	1,552,860		1,517,139		2.4%		8,722,314		8,248,968		5.7%
		Regional	42,657		30,907		38.0%		248,038		159,330		55.7%
		Atlantic	3,750,611		3,736,730		0.4%		13,745,874		13,948,863		(1.5%)
		Pacific	2,014,531		2,058,979		(2.2%)		9,295,434		9,672,198		(3.9%)
	Total System		18,818,416		18,222,197		3.3%		83,872,942		81,324,863		3.1%
ASMs (000):
	Domestic		13,205,675		12,514,992		5.5%		61,629,466		58,298,652		5.7%
		Delta Mainline	10,982,663		10,359,183		6.0%		51,013,273		47,684,090		7.0%
		Regional	2,223,012		2,155,809		3.1%		10,616,193		10,614,562		0.0%
	International		8,861,338		8,810,407		0.6%		39,382,766		39,920,855		(1.3%)
		Latin America	1,898,479		1,898,608		(0.0%)		10,830,876		10,349,415		4.7%
		Delta Mainline	1,843,297		1,859,495		(0.9%)		10,514,813		10,137,568		3.7%
		Regional	55,182		39,113		41.1%		316,063		211,847		49.2%
		Atlantic	4,649,777		4,523,251		2.8%		17,792,272		17,994,615		(1.1%)
		Pacific	2,313,082		2,388,548		(3.2%)		10,759,618		11,576,825		(7.1%)
	Total System		22,067,013		21,325,399		3.5%		101,012,232		98,219,507		2.8%
Load Factor:
	Domestic		86.8%		86.9%		(0.1)	pts	84.2%		84.6%		(0.4)	pts
		Delta Mainline	87.7%		87.8%		(0.1)	pts	85.3%		85.9%		(0.6)	pts
		Regional	82.0%		82.6%		(0.6)	pts	78.7%		78.7%		0.0	pts
	International		83.1%		83.4%		(0.3)	pts	81.3%		80.2%		1.1	pts
		Latin America	84.0%		81.5%		2.5	pts	82.8%		81.2%		1.6	pts
		Delta Mainline	84.2%		81.6%		2.6	pts	83.0%		81.4%		1.6	pts
		Regional	77.3%		79.0%		(1.7)	pts	78.5%		75.2%		3.3	pts
		Atlantic	80.7%		82.6%		(1.9)	pts	77.3%		77.5%		(0.2)	pts
		Pacific	87.1%		86.2%		0.9	pts	86.4%		83.5%		2.9	pts
	Total System		85.3%		85.4%		(0.1)	pts	83.0%		82.8%		0.2	pts
Mainline Completion Factor			99.9%		99.8%		0.1	pts
Passengers Boarded			16,338,853		15,555,603		5.0%		73,490,216		70,344,025		4.5%
Cargo Ton Miles (000):			163,763		181,684		(9.9%)		798,219		907,522		(12.0%)
aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements

 

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