How did United Airlines do in August?
The mega US airline released its figures for August this week, which showed it the carrier had a good August, increasing load fact by 2 points over last years figures. The airlines consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) also increased, up 7.8% and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 5.4 % compared to August 2017.
Other August Highlights
Announced several new international routes including year-round nonstop service between Washington Dulles and Tel Aviv, daily, year-round service between San Francisco and Amsterdam, and nonstop seasonal summer service between Newark/New York and Naples, Italy and Newark/New York and Prague, all subject to government approval.Finished in the top-tier among largest competitors in on-time departure and completion performance.As part of a previously announced $8 million commitment, announced a $1 million grant to the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network.United's MileagePlus loyalty program awarded Favorite Frequent-Flyer program at the annual Trazee Awards.Debuted United Corporate Preferred, the industry's newest corporate travel program designed to offer top travel benefits to the airline's most loyal business customers.
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,600 flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551 regional aircraft.
Preliminary Operational Results
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August
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Year-to-Date
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2018
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2017
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Change
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2018
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2017
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Change
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REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
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Domestic
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12,627,585
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11,474,838
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10.0
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%
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88,811,891
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82,810,385
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7.2
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%
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Mainline
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10,440,562
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9,667,919
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8.0
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%
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72,636,506
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68,304,971
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6.3
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%
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Regional
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2,187,023
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1,806,919
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21.0
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%
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16,175,385
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14,505,414
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11.5
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%
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International
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9,366,097
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8,920,114
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5.0
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%
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65,978,504
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63,065,426
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4.6
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%
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Atlantic
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4,429,314
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4,033,026
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9.8
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%
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27,101,443
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24,381,385
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11.2
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%
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Pacific
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3,071,430
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3,137,243
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(2.1)
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%
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23,203,686
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23,035,961
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0.7
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%
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Latin
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1,865,353
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1,749,845
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6.6
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%
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15,673,375
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15,648,080
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0.2
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%
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Mainline
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1,785,720
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1,685,704
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5.9
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%
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15,052,808
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15,060,517
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(0.1)
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%
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Regional
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79,633
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64,141
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24.2
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%
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620,567
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587,563
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5.6
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%
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Consolidated
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21,993,682
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20,394,952
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7.8
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%
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154,790,395
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145,875,811
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6.1
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%
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AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
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Domestic
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14,433,343
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13,443,106
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7.4
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%
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103,008,109
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96,757,336
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6.5
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%
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Mainline
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11,847,956
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11,217,255
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5.6
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%
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83,638,823
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79,119,993
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5.7
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%
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Regional
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2,585,387
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2,225,851
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16.2
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%
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19,369,286
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17,637,343
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9.8
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%
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International
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10,768,676
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10,459,670
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3.0
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%
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80,631,828
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79,185,424
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1.8
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%
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Atlantic
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4,978,684
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4,801,308
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3.7
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%
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33,244,915
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31,928,945
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4.1
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%
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Pacific
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3,587,632
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3,628,052
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(1.1)
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%
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28,845,116
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28,569,999
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1.0
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%
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Latin
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2,202,360
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2,030,310
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8.5
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%
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18,541,797
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18,686,480
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(0.8)
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%
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Mainline
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2,099,721
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1,954,655
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7.4
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%
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17,724,170
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17,884,020
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(0.9)
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%
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Regional
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102,639
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75,655
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35.7
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%
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817,627
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802,460
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1.9
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%
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Consolidated
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25,202,019
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23,902,776
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5.4
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%
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183,639,937
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175,942,760
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4.4
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%
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PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
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Domestic
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87.5
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%
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85.4
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%
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2.1 pts
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86.2
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%
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85.6
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%
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0.6 pts
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Mainline
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88.1
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%
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86.2
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%
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1.9 pts
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86.8
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%
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86.3
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%
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0.5 pts
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Regional
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84.6
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%
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81.2
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%
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3.4 pts
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83.5
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%
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82.2
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%
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1.3 pts
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International
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87.0
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%
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85.3
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%
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1.7 pts
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81.8
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%
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79.6
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%
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2.2 pts
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Atlantic
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89.0
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%
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84.0
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%
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5.0 pts
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81.5
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%
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76.4
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%
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5.1 pts
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Pacific
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85.6
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%
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86.5
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%
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(0.9) pts
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80.4
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%
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80.6
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%
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(0.2) pts
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Latin
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84.7
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%
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86.2
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%
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(1.5) pts
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84.5
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%
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83.7
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%
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0.8 pts
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Mainline
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85.0
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%
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86.2
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%
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(1.2) pts
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84.9
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%
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84.2
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%
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0.7 pts
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Regional
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77.6
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%
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84.8
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%
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(7.2) pts
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75.9
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%
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73.2
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%
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2.7 pts
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Consolidated
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87.3
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%
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85.3
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%
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2.0 pts
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84.3
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%
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82.9
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%
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1.4 pts
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ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)
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Mainline
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10,821
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10,071
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7.4
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%
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76,321
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72,630
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5.1
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%
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Regional
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4,002
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3,386
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18.2
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%
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29,475
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26,371
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11.8
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%
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Consolidated
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14,823
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13,457
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10.2
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%
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105,796
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99,001
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6.9
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%
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CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)
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Total
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279,627
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270,465
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3.4
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%
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2,245,419
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2,124,940
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5.7
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%
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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
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Mainline Departure Performance1
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59.9
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%
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63.0
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%
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(3.1) pts
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Mainline Completion Factor
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98.8
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%
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95.9
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%
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2.9 pts
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1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time
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Note: See Part II, Item 6, Selected Financial Data, of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 for the definitions of these statistics
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