Delta Air Lines Reports December Traffic

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Jan 05, 2012, 02:12 ET

ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported traffic results for December 2011. System load factor increased 0.8 points to 80.9 percent, as traffic declined 2.3 percent on 3.3 percent lower capacity year over year.

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Domestic load factor was 80.7 percent up 1.1 points from prior year. Domestic traffic declined 1.4 percent on a 2.7 percent decrease in capacity.

International load factor was 81.2 percent, up 0.5 points from prior year. International traffic declined 3.6 percent on a 4.3 percent decrease in capacity.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

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Delta Air Lines
Monthly Traffic Results (a)

			December 2011	December 2010	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		8,817,212	8,943,543	(1.4%)
		Delta Mainline	6,968,483	7,030,105	(0.9%)
		Regional	1,848,729	1,913,438	(3.4%)
	International		5,870,936	6,092,932	(3.6%)
		Latin America	1,136,364	1,062,456	7.0%
		Delta Mainline	1,120,568	1,049,250	6.8%
		Regional	15,796	13,206	19.6%
		Atlantic	2,868,414	3,095,523	(7.3%)
		Pacific	1,866,158	1,934,953	(3.6%)
	Total System		14,688,148	15,036,475	(2.3%)

ASMs (000):
	Domestic		10,928,232	11,230,161	(2.7%)
		Delta Mainline	8,509,217	8,717,084	(2.4%)
		Regional	2,419,015	2,513,077	(3.7%)
	International		7,228,993	7,549,919	(4.3%)
		Latin America	1,423,894	1,343,181	6.0%
		Delta Mainline	1,400,701	1,322,544	5.9%
		Regional	23,193	20,637	12.4%
		Atlantic	3,502,292	3,843,958	(8.9%)
		Pacific	2,302,807	2,362,780	(2.5%)
	Total System		18,157,225	18,780,080	(3.3%)

Load Factor:
	Domestic		80.7%	79.6%	1.1	pts
		Delta Mainline	81.9%	80.6%	1.3	pts
		Regional	76.4%	76.1%	0.3	pts
	International		81.2%	80.7%	0.5	pts
		Latin America	79.8%	79.1%	0.7	pts
		Delta Mainline	80.0%	79.3%	0.7	pts
		Regional	68.1%	64.0%	4.1	pts
		Atlantic	81.9%	80.5%	1.4	pts
		Pacific	81.0%	81.9%	(0.9)	pts
	Total System		80.9%	80.1%	0.8	pts
Mainline Completion			99.8%	95.5%	4.3	pts
Factor

Passengers Boarded			12,563,985	12,705,281	(1.1%)

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			197,733	202,020	(2.1%)

Endnote:
(a) Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements.

Delta Air Lines
Year to Date Traffic Results (a)

			December 2011		December 2010	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic			115,052,365	115,811,399	(0.7%)
		Delta Mainline		90,774,573	91,106,083	(0.4%)
		Regional		24,277,792	24,705,316	(1.7%)
	International			77,714,169	77,357,960	0.5%
		Latin America		13,037,423	13,153,018	(0.9%)
		Delta Mainline		12,831,075	12,869,242	(0.3%)
		Regional		206,348	283,776	(27.3%)
		Atlantic		41,466,247	41,893,719	(1.0%)
		Pacific		23,210,499	22,311,223	4.0%
	Total System			192,766,534	193,169,359	(0.2%)

ASMs (000):
	Domestic			138,304,905	139,737,483	(1.0%)
		Delta Mainline		107,406,751	108,260,400	(0.8%)
		Regional		30,898,154	31,477,083	(1.8%)
	International			96,351,242	92,946,758	3.7%
		Latin America		16,534,776	16,552,392	(0.1%)
		Delta Mainline		16,226,732	16,159,276	0.4%
		Regional		308,044	393,116	(21.6%)
		Atlantic		51,008,689	50,216,838	1.6%
		Pacific		28,807,777	26,177,528	10.0%
	Total System			234,656,147	232,684,241	0.8%

Load Factor:
	Domestic			83.2%	82.9%	0.3	pts
		Delta Mainline		84.5%	84.2%	0.3	pts
		Regional		78.6%	78.5%	0.1	pts
	International			80.7%	83.2%	(2.5)	pts
		Latin America		78.8%	79.5%	(0.7)	pts
		Delta Mainline		79.1%	79.6%	(0.5)	pts
		Regional		67.0%	72.2%	(5.2)	pts
		Atlantic		81.3%	83.4%	(2.1)	pts
		Pacific		80.6%	85.2%	(4.6)	pts
	Total System			82.1%	83.0%	(0.9)	pts


Passengers Boarded				163,838,348	162,614,714	0.8%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):				2,370,472	2,271,564	4.4%