CHICAGO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines
(OTC Bulletin Board: UALAQ) today reported its traffic results for May 2004.
For the second month in a row, United broke its load-factor record for the
month. At 80.1%, United reached its highest-ever May passenger load factor,
up 2.9 points over May 2003 and 0.2 points above April 2004. United's total
scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in May 2004 by 21.6% on a
capacity increase of 17.2% available seat miles (ASMs) vs. the same period in
2003.
United, United Express and Ted operate more than 3,500 flights a day on a
route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about
United may be found at the company's Web site at http://www.united.com .
2004 2003 YOY
May May Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 66,070,000 58,545,000 12.9%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 51,344 48,082 6.8%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 5,995,000 5,360,000 11.8%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 6,192,363 5,549,533 11.6%
PACIFIC 1,872,658 1,005,775 86.2%
ATLANTIC 1,318,121 1,078,969 22.2%
LATIN AMERICA 247,921 286,220 -13.4%
SYSTEM 9,631,063 7,920,497 21.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 7,915,569 7,084,049 11.7%
PACIFIC 2,203,232 1,458,331 51.1%
ATLANTIC 1,572,120 1,312,287 19.8%
LATIN AMERICA 333,008 406,439 -18.1%
SYSTEM 12,023,929 10,261,106 17.2%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 78.2 78.3 -0.1 pts
PACIFIC 85.0 69.0 16.0 pts
ATLANTIC 83.8 82.2 1.6 pts
LATIN AMERICA 74.4 70.4 4.0 pts
SYSTEM 80.1 77.2 2.9 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 135,588 118,575 14.3%
MAIL 29,843 31,189 -4.3%
SYSTEM 165,431 149,764 10.5%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,635,895 8,017,415 20.2%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 12,035,566 10,377,390 16.0%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 15,507,046 12,902,426 20.2%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 19,368,836 16,700,334 16.0%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,129,020 951,503 18.7%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,898,895 1,614,595 17.6%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 1,637,163 1,379,873 18.7%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 2,772,387 2,357,309 17.6%
YEAR TO DATE YEAR TO DATE YOY
2004 2003 Change
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
REVENUE PLANE MILES 321,625,000 305,906,000 5.1%
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 250,389 246,045 1.8%
REVENUE PASSENGERS 27,789,000 26,132,000 6.3%
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 28,415,670 26,451,044 7.4%
PACIFIC 9,178,684 6,975,046 31.6%
ATLANTIC 5,942,526 5,056,655 17.5%
LATIN AMERICA 1,535,356 1,561,076 -1.6%
SYSTEM 45,072,236 40,043,821 12.6%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
NORTH AMERICA 37,947,590 35,992,793 5.4%
PACIFIC 10,945,148 9,994,318 9.5%
ATLANTIC 7,525,099 6,918,296 8.8%
LATIN AMERICA 2,002,391 2,236,711 -10.5%
SYSTEM 58,420,228 55,142,118 5.9%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA 74.9 73.5 1.4 pts
PACIFIC 83.9 69.8 14.1 pts
ATLANTIC 79.0 73.1 5.9 pts
LATIN AMERICA 76.7 69.8 6.9 pts
SYSTEM 77.2 72.6 4.6 pts
CARGO TON MILES (000):
FREIGHT 604,997 671,646 -9.9%
MAIL 154,007 157,548 -2.2%
SYSTEM 759,004 829,194 -8.5%
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
CHARTER (000):
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 45,365,773 40,442,093 12.2%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 58,778,694 55,621,763 5.7%
REVENUE PSGR. KM. 73,007,138 65,083,460 12.2%
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. 94,592,552 89,512,103 5.7%
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 5,295,604 4,873,690 8.7%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 9,276,825 8,784,985 5.6%
TOTAL REV. TON KM. 7,678,786 7,068,134 8.7%
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. 13,544,165 12,826,078 5.6%
Worldwide Communications:
Media Relations Office: 847.700.5538
Evenings/Weekends: 847.700.4088
SOURCE United Airlines
-0- 06/07/2004
/CONTACT: United Airlines Media Relations Office, +1-847-700-5538,
Evenings-Weekends, +1-847-700-4088/
/Web site: http://www.united.com /
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