Delta Reports Operating Performance for May 2019

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Jun 04, 2019, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for May 2019. The company carried 18.1 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of May, including a record 666,769 passengers flown in a single day on May 24^th.

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

			Monthly Traffic Results			Year to Date Traffic Results


			May 2019	May 2018	Change	May 2019	May 2018	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		13,224,273	12,209,812	8.3%	58,922,363	55,201,454	6.7%
	International		7,842,723	7,484,699	4.8%	33,099,260	32,031,803	3.3%
		Latin America	1,651,499	1,632,947	1.1%	9,205,816	9,193,637	0.1%
		Atlantic	4,321,015	4,141,252	4.3%	15,474,599	14,760,136	4.8%
		Pacific	1,870,209	1,710,500	9.3%	8,418,844	8,078,030	4.2%
	Total System		21,066,997	19,694,511	7.0%	92,021,623	87,233,257	5.5%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		14,860,780	14,082,043	5.5%	69,337,717	65,592,515	5.7%
	International		9,178,217	8,751,097	4.9%	39,647,193	38,144,279	3.9%
		Latin America	1,872,571	1,892,179	(1.0%)	10,703,777	10,739,753	(0.3%)
		Atlantic	5,105,825	4,877,358	4.7%	18,977,620	18,002,560	5.4%
		Pacific	2,199,822	1,981,560	11.0%	9,965,796	9,401,966	6.0%
	Total System		24,038,997	22,833,140	5.3%	108,984,909	103,736,794	5.1%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		89.0%	86.7%	2.3 Pts	85.0%	84.2%	0.8 Pts
	International		85.4%	85.5%	(0.1) Pts	83.5%	84.0%	(0.5) Pts
		Latin America	88.2%	86.3%	1.9 Pts	86.0%	85.6%	0.4 Pts
		Atlantic	84.6%	84.9%	(0.3) Pts	81.5%	82.0%	(0.5) Pts
		Pacific	85.0%	86.3%	(1.3) Pts	84.5%	85.9%	(1.4) Pts
	Total System		87.6%	86.3%	1.3 Pts	84.4%	84.1%	0.3 Pts

Mainline Completion Factor			100.00	99.97	0.03 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			86.7	85.0	1.7 Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			18,116,083	16,838,245	7.6%	80,126,931	75,628,477	5.9%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			166,653	188,231	(11.5%)	815,518	874,789	(6.8%)

About Delta
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in products, services, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by its 80,000 people around the world, Delta continues to invest billions in its people, improving the air travel experience and generating industry-leading shareholder returns.

Delta serves nearly 200 million people every year, taking customers across its industry-leading global network to more than 300 destinations in over 50 countries.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta offers more than 5,000 daily departures and as many as 15,000 affiliated departures including the premier SkyTeam alliance, of which Delta is a founding member.
Through its innovative alliances with Aeromexico, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, China Eastern, GOL, Korean Air, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia and WestJet, Delta is bringing more choice and competition to customers worldwide.
Delta operates significant hubs and key markets at airports in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul-Incheon and Tokyo-Narita.
Delta has been recognized as a Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the eighth time in nine years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented eight consecutive years and named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Worldwide for two consecutive years.
As an employer, Delta has been regularly awarded top honors from organizations like Glassdoor and recognized as a top workplace for women and members of the military. Delta CEO Ed Bastian was named among the "World's Greatest Leaders" by Fortune magazine in 2018.
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