Delta Reports Operating Performance for November 2017

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Dec 04, 2017, 08:00 ET

ATLANTA, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for November 2017. The company carried 14.9 million passengers across its broad global network in the month.

Monthly highlights include:

Setting a new No. 1 system and domestic revenue day during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period on Sunday, Nov. 26;
Recording zero system cancellations across Delta's global operation while carrying more than 2.35 million customers on nearly 23,000 flights with an on-time arrival rate of 92.7 percent during the Thanksgiving holiday period from Wednesday to Sunday;
Receiving approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation of the trans-Pacific joint venture with Korean Air, a significant milestone; and
Ranking as the No. 1 U.S. airline by the corporate travel community in the Business Travel News Airline Survey for a historic seventh consecutive year, sweeping all 10 categories and improving on the scores achieved in 2016.

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

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 seven consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 306 destinations in 52 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, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.

			Monthly Traffic Results (a)			Year to Date Traffic Results (a)


			Nov 2017	Nov 2016	Change	Nov 2017	Nov 2016	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		10,813,259	10,471,093	3.3%	124,288,211	120,151,575	3.4%
		Delta Mainline	9,178,065	8,770,708	4.6%	105,462,258	101,080,732	4.3%
		Regional	1,635,194	1,700,385	(3.8%)	18,825,954	19,070,843	(1.3%)
	International		5,340,986	5,140,211	3.9%	76,696,358	76,145,537	0.7%
		Latin America	1,315,905	1,311,323	0.3%	18,694,740	17,951,168	4.1%
		Delta Mainline	1,298,426	1,273,554	2.0%	18,345,998	17,446,583	5.2%
		Regional	17,479	37,769	(53.7%)	348,741	504,585	(30.9%)
		Atlantic	2,455,841	2,334,442	5.2%	38,934,833	37,082,608	5.0%
		Pacific	1,569,240	1,494,446	5.0%	19,066,785	21,111,761	(9.7%)
	Total System		16,154,245	15,611,304	3.5%	200,984,569	196,297,112	2.4%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		12,519,405	12,040,803	4.0%	144,764,703	140,963,634	2.7%
		Delta Mainline	10,511,956	9,975,033	5.4%	121,375,259	117,203,564	3.6%
		Regional	2,007,449	2,065,770	(2.8%)	23,389,445	23,760,070	(1.6%)
	International		6,386,611	6,327,981	0.9%	89,692,347	91,205,802	(1.7%)
		Latin America	1,534,305	1,515,896	1.2%	21,507,231	21,124,544	1.8%
		Delta Mainline	1,513,040	1,465,344	3.3%	21,063,234	20,489,736	2.8%
		Regional	21,265	50,552	(57.9%)	443,997	634,808	(30.1%)
		Atlantic	3,039,294	3,046,105	(0.2%)	46,128,478	46,037,938	0.2%
		Pacific	1,813,012	1,765,980	2.7%	22,056,638	24,043,320	(8.3%)
	Total System		18,906,016	18,368,784	2.9%	234,457,050	232,169,436	1.0%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		86.4%	87.0%	(0.6) Pts	85.9%	85.2%	0.7 Pts
		Delta Mainline	87.3%	87.9%	(0.6) Pts	86.9%	86.2%	0.7 Pts
		Regional	81.5%	82.3%	(0.8) Pts	80.5%	80.3%	0.2 Pts
	International		83.6%	81.2%	2.4 Pts	85.5%	83.5%	2.0 Pts
		Latin America	85.8%	86.5%	(0.7) Pts	86.9%	85.0%	1.9 Pts
		Delta Mainline	85.8%	86.9%	(1.1) Pts	87.1%	85.1%	2.0 Pts
		Regional	82.2%	74.7%	7.5 Pts	78.5%	79.5%	(1.0) Pts
		Atlantic	80.8%	76.6%	4.2 Pts	84.4%	80.5%	3.9 Pts
		Pacific	86.6%	84.6%	2.0 Pts	86.4%	87.8%	(1.4) Pts
	Total System		85.4%	85.0%	0.4 Pts	85.7%	84.5%	1.2 Pts


Mainline Completion Factor			100.0%	100.0%	0.0 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			93.6	91.4%	2.2 Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			14,887,130	14,664,384	1.5%	172,016,821	169,087,414	1.7%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			169,980	160,001	6.2%	1,976,060	1,814,550	8.9%

^aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements