Delta Reports Operating Performance for August 2018

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Sep 05, 2018, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for August 2018. The company carried 18.3 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of August.

Monthly highlights include:

Opening a new 127,000-square-foot state-of-the-art engine repair shop, which will support the next-generation Rolls-Royce powerplants featured on Delta's Airbus A350 and the forthcoming A330-900neo through the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul business
Installing seat-back entertainment on its 600th aircraft, giving more customers than ever convenient access to free in-flight entertainment on Delta Studio, and offering more aircraft with seat-back entertainment than any airline in the world
Announcing new Summer 2019 trans-Atlantic flying to include expanded service to Paris and Amsterdam from Los Angeles; expanded service to Paris and Tel Aviv from New York-JFK, and new service to Amsterdam from Tampa
Aligning the corporate customer program with joint venture partner Air France-KLM in an industry-first program to enhance benefits for the corporate travel experience, including better seats and priority boarding

The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2018, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the seventh time in eight 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 309 destinations in 53 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 and Facebook.com/delta.

			Monthly Traffic Results			Year to Date Traffic Results


			Aug 2018	Aug 2017	Change	Aug 2018	Aug 2017	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		13,680,026	12,961,712	5.5%	95,785,484	91,338,523	4.9%
	International		8,722,000	8,656,170	0.8%	57,903,639	57,539,461	0.6%
		Latin America	1,676,598	1,728,519	(3.0%)	14,396,742	14,833,257	(2.9%)
		Atlantic	5,050,625	4,859,560	3.9%	29,724,294	28,689,555	3.6%
		Pacific	1,994,777	2,068,091	(3.5%)	13,782,603	14,016,649	(1.7%)
	Total System		22,402,026	21,617,882	3.6%	153,689,123	148,877,984	3.2%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		15,633,289	14,886,938	5.0%	111,741,103	106,327,365	5.1%
	International		9,823,927	9,702,173	1.3%	67,198,902	67,014,845	0.3%
		Latin America	1,908,501	1,938,668	(1.6%)	16,625,122	16,961,148	(2.0%)
		Atlantic	5,674,874	5,491,818	3.3%	34,782,421	33,873,579	2.7%
		Pacific	2,240,552	2,271,687	(1.4%)	15,791,359	16,180,118	(2.4%)
	Total System		25,457,216	24,589,111	3.5%	178,940,005	173,342,210	3.2%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		87.5%	87.1%	0.4 Pts	85.7%	85.9%	(0.2) Pts
	International		88.8%	89.2%	(0.4) Pts	86.2%	85.9%	0.3 Pts
		Latin America	87.8%	89.2%	(1.4) Pts	86.6%	87.5%	(0.9) Pts
		Atlantic	89.0%	88.5%	0.5 Pts	85.5%	84.7%	0.8 Pts
		Pacific	89.0%	91.0%	(2.0) Pts	87.3%	86.6%	0.7 Pts
	Total System		88.0%	87.9%	0.1 Pts	85.9%	85.9%	0.0 Pts

Mainline Completion Factor			99.84%	99.80%	0.04 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			83.3%	87.4%	(4.1) Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			18,320,988	17,622,324	4.0%	129,936,169	126,290,340	2.9%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			197,600	194,926	1.4%	1,463,265	1,418,966	3.1%

Note: Results are preliminary and include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements