Delta Reports Financial and Operating Performance for February 2017

ATLANTA, March 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for February 2017.

Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of February was flat year over year.

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

Preliminary Financial and Operating Results
February consolidated PRASM change year over year	Flat
February mainline completion factor	99.5%
February on-time performance (preliminary DOT A14)	89.4%

 

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 six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 323 destinations in 57 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, 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)
			Feb 2017		Feb 2016		Change		Feb 2017		Feb 2016		Change
RPMs (000):
	Domestic		9,046,973		9,059,613		(0.1%)		18,632,091		18,359,940		1.5%
		Delta Mainline	7,622,628		7,600,823		0.3%		15,673,851		15,409,294		1.7%
		Regional	1,424,346		1,458,790		(2.4%)		2,958,240		2,950,646		0.3%
	International		5,090,189		5,324,440		(4.4%)		11,143,086		11,602,255		(4.0%)
		Latin America	1,799,593		1,761,396		2.2%		3,832,815		3,712,956		3.2%
		Delta Mainline	1,764,797		1,713,485		3.0%		3,752,969		3,610,268		4.0%
		Regional	34,796		47,911		(27.4%)		79,846		102,688		(22.2%)
		Atlantic	1,825,671		1,862,254		(2.0%)		4,143,337		4,263,741		(2.8%)
		Pacific	1,464,925		1,700,790		(13.9%)		3,166,934		3,625,558		(12.6%)
	Total System		14,137,162		14,384,053		(1.7%)		29,775,177		29,962,195		(0.6%)
ASMs (000):
	Domestic		11,015,493		11,194,377		(1.6%)		22,881,118		22,665,869		0.9%
		Delta Mainline	9,120,374		9,258,667		(1.5%)		18,894,347		18,693,771		1.1%
		Regional	1,895,119		1,935,710		(2.1%)		3,986,771		3,972,098		0.4%
	International		6,415,215		6,848,405		(6.3%)		13,812,614		14,531,885		(4.9%)
		Latin America	2,122,688		2,174,661		(2.4%)		4,528,867		4,505,174		0.5%
		Delta Mainline	2,073,821		2,112,051		(1.8%)		4,419,987		4,374,059		1.1%
		Regional	48,867		62,610		(22.0%)		108,880		131,115		(17.0%)
		Atlantic	2,549,561		2,724,651		(6.4%)		5,564,039		5,880,643		(5.4%)
		Pacific	1,742,965		1,949,093		(10.6%)		3,719,708		4,146,068		(10.3%)
	Total System		17,430,708		18,042,782		(3.4%)		36,693,732		37,197,754		(1.4%)
Load Factor:
	Domestic		82.1%		80.9%		1.2	pts	81.4%		81.0%		0.4	pts
		Delta Mainline	83.6%		82.1%		1.5	pts	83.0%		82.4%		0.6	pts
		Regional	75.2%		75.4%		(0.2)	pts	74.2%		74.3%		(0.1)	pts
	International		79.3%		77.7%		1.6	pts	80.7%		79.8%		0.9	pts
		Latin America	84.8%		81.0%		3.8	pts	84.6%		82.4%		2.2	pts
		Delta Mainline	85.1%		81.1%		4.0	pts	84.9%		82.5%		2.4	pts
		Regional	71.2%		76.5%		(5.3)	pts	73.3%		78.3%		(5.0)	pts
		Atlantic	71.6%		68.3%		3.3	pts	74.5%		72.5%		2.0	pts
		Pacific	84.0%		87.3%		(3.3)	pts	85.1%		87.4%		(2.3)	pts
	Total System		81.1%		79.7%		1.4	pts	81.1%		80.5%		0.6	pts
Mainline Completion Factor			99.5%		99.6%		(0.1)	pts
Passengers Boarded			12,657,235		12,843,925		(1.5%)		26,080,529		26,136,085		(0.2%)
Cargo Ton Miles (000):			148,396		155,297		(4.4%)		297,947		314,183		(5.2%)
aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements

 

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