Delta Reports Operating Performance for October 2019

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Nov 04, 2019, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for October 2019. The company carried 17.5 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of October.

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

			Monthly Traffic Results			Year to Date Traffic Results


			Oct 2019	Oct 2018	Change	Oct 2019	Oct 2018	Change

RPMs (000):
	Domestic		12,726,811	11,986,815	6.2%	127,083,643	118,873,327	6.9%
	International		7,038,017	6,793,847	3.6%	74,338,918	71,909,189	3.4%
		Latin America	1,335,447	1,309,335	2.0%	16,858,091	16,940,333	(0.5%)
		Atlantic	4,054,236	3,848,946	5.3%	39,743,013	37,853,850	5.0%
		Pacific	1,648,334	1,635,566	0.8%	17,737,814	17,115,006	3.6%
	Total System		19,764,828	18,780,662	5.2%	201,422,560	190,782,516	5.6%


ASMs (000):
	Domestic		14,781,032	13,948,303	6.0%	146,321,313	139,095,080	5.2%
	International		8,312,153	8,015,607	3.7%	86,692,806	83,710,495	3.6%
		Latin America	1,581,197	1,589,515	(0.5%)	19,484,565	19,721,672	(1.2%)
		Atlantic	4,697,421	4,471,014	5.1%	46,393,862	44,197,307	5.0%
		Pacific	2,033,535	1,955,078	4.0%	20,814,380	19,791,516	5.2%
	Total System		23,093,185	21,963,910	5.1%	233,014,120	222,805,575	4.6%


Load Factor:
	Domestic		86.1%	85.9%	0.2 Pts	86.9%	85.5%	1.4 Pts
	International		84.7%	84.8%	(0.1) Pts	85.7%	85.9%	(0.2) Pts
		Latin America	84.5%	82.4%	2.1 Pts	86.5%	85.9%	0.6 Pts
		Atlantic	86.3%	86.1%	0.2 Pts	85.7%	85.6%	0.1 Pts
		Pacific	81.1%	83.7%	(2.6) Pts	85.2%	86.5%	(1.3) Pts
	Total System		85.6%	85.5%	0.1 Pts	86.4%	85.6%	0.8 Pts

Mainline Completion Factor			99.96%	99.92%	0.04 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance			86.6%	90.0%	(3.4) Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded			17,506,753	16,546,662	5.8%	171,699,933	161,735,111	6.2%

Cargo Ton Miles (000):			175,872	191,372	(8.1%)	1,678,518	1,842,741	(8.9%)

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, delivering a world-class travel experience and generating industry-leading shareholder returns. With its constant drive to invest, innovate and expand, Delta today is the world's No. 1 airline by total revenues.

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, 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.
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.
Delta believes that its social responsibility lies at the intersection of its core values and core competencies, making a difference where Delta people live, work and fly by giving time, talents and one percent of the company's annual profits.
Diversity and Inclusion is core to Delta's culture and Delta believes it should be reflected in its people, the companies with which it does business, the way it treats customers and the manner in which it serves the world.
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