United Airlines (UAL) today reported March 2018 operational results.
UAL’s March 2018 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 6.5 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 3.8 percent versus March 2017. UAL’s March 2018 consolidated load factor increased 2.2 points compared to March 2017.
Preliminary Operational Results
March Year-to-Date
2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
Domestic 10,740,113 10,313,258 4.1% 28,316,717 27,085,459 4.5%
Mainline 8,716,373 8,408,616 3.7% 22,808,386 21,880,767 4.2%
Regional 2,023,740 1,904,642 6.3% 5,508,331 5,204,692 5.8%
International 8,024,539 7,299,522 9.9% 21,532,116 20,525,521 4.9%
Atlantic 2,831,142 2,382,787 18.8% 7,094,089 6,392,642 11.0%
Pacific 3,003,281 2,820,214 6.5% 8,449,859 8,171,519 3.4%
Latin 2,190,116 2,096,521 4.5% 5,988,168 5,961,360 0.4%
Mainline 2,109,742 2,019,803 4.5% 5,757,450 5,737,878 0.3%
Regional 80,374 76,718 4.8% 230,718 223,482 3.2%
Consolidated 18,764,652 17,612,780 6.5% 49,848,833 47,610,980 4.7%
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
Domestic 12,571,317 12,042,003 4.4% 34,194,966 32,516,226 5.2%
Mainline 10,130,877 9,763,198 3.8% 27,325,875 26,097,477 4.7%
Regional 2,440,440 2,278,805 7.1% 6,869,091 6,418,749 7.0%
International 9,903,291 9,615,572 3.0% 27,782,198 27,291,906 1.8%
Atlantic 3,519,840 3,357,474 4.8% 9,716,386 9,428,024 3.1%
Pacific 3,789,630 3,694,788 2.6% 10,886,022 10,564,478 3.0%
Latin 2,593,821 2,563,310 1.2% 7,179,790 7,299,404 (1.6%)
Mainline 2,484,431 2,449,770 1.4% 6,869,648 6,963,868 (1.4%)
Regional 109,390 113,540 (3.7%) 310,142 335,536 (7.6%)
Consolidated 22,474,608 21,657,575 3.8% 61,977,164 59,808,132 3.6%
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
Domestic 85.4% 85.6% (0.2) pts 82.8% 83.3% (0.5) pts
Mainline 86.0% 86.1% (0.1) pts 83.5% 83.8% (0.3) pts
Regional 82.9% 83.6% (0.7) pts 80.2% 81.1% (0.9) pts
International 81.0% 75.9% 5.1 pts 77.5% 75.2% 2.3 pts
Atlantic 80.4% 71.0% 9.4 pts 73.0% 67.8% 5.2 pts
Pacific 79.2% 76.3% 2.9 pts 77.6% 77.3% 0.3 pts
Latin 84.4% 81.8% 2.6 pts 83.4% 81.7% 1.7 pts
Mainline 84.9% 82.4% 2.5 pts 83.8% 82.4% 1.4 pts
Regional 73.5% 67.6% 5.9 pts 74.4% 66.6% 7.8 pts
Consolidated 83.5% 81.3% 2.2 pts 80.4% 79.6% 0.8 pts
ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)
Mainline 9,329 8,994 3.7% 24,602 23,825 3.3%
Regional 3,660 3,420 7.0% 9,893 9,280 6.6%
Consolidated 12,989 12,414 4.6% 34,495 33,105 4.2%
CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)
Total 304,482 279,592 8.9% 817,405 748,434 9.2%
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Mainline Departure Performance1 70.5% 67.0% 3.5 pts
Mainline Completion Factor 98.0% 98.7% (0.7) pts
