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United Airlines Reports October Consolidated Traffic Results

Tue. November 03, 2009; Posted: 05:15 PM
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CHICAGO, Nov 03, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- UAUA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for October 2009. The company reported an October consolidated passenger load factor of 83.1 percent. Total consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in October by 1.6 percent on a consolidated capacity decrease of 4.3 percent in available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2008.

About United

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates approximately 3,300* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 1,071 destinations in 171 countries worldwide. United's 47,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.

*Based on United's forward-looking flight schedule for October 2009 to October 2010.

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES ('000)*
    -------------------------------
                                       October 2009   October 2008    Change
                                       ------------   ------------    ------
    North America                         4,821,466      5,094,934     -5.4%

    Pacific                               1,819,386      1,845,753     -1.4%
    Atlantic                              1,581,667      1,598,341     -1.0%
    Latin America                           210,508        228,809     -8.0%
                                            -------        -------     -----
    Total International                   3,611,561      3,672,903     -1.7%

    Total Mainline                        8,433,026      8,767,837     -3.8%

    Regional Affiliates                   1,244,706      1,071,454     16.2%

    Total Consolidated                    9,677,732      9,839,291     -1.6%


    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES ('000)*
    ----------------------------

    North America                         5,663,474      6,070,781     -6.7%

    Pacific                               2,301,712      2,429,771     -5.3%
    Atlantic                              1,832,004      1,972,020     -7.1%
    Latin America                           263,009        316,985    -17.0%
                                            -------        -------    ------
    Total International                   4,396,725      4,718,776     -6.8%

    Total Mainline                       10,060,200     10,789,557     -6.8%

    Regional Affiliates                   1,583,086      1,380,349     14.7%

    Total Consolidated                   11,643,286     12,169,906     -4.3%


    LOAD FACTOR*
    ------------

    North America                             85.1%          83.9%   1.2 pts

    Pacific                                   79.0%          76.0%   3.0 pts
    Atlantic                                  86.3%          81.1%   5.2 pts
    Latin America                             80.0%          72.2%   7.8 pts
                                              -----          -----
    Total International                       82.1%          77.8%   4.3 pts

    Total Mainline                            83.8%          81.3%   2.5 pts

    Regional Affiliates                       78.6%          77.6%   1.0 pts

    Total Consolidated                        83.1%          80.8%   2.3 pts


    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED ('000)*
    ----------------------------------

    Mainline                                  4,669          5,147     -9.3%
    Regional Affiliates                       2,281          2,054     11.1%
                                              -----          -----     -----
    Total Consolidated                        6,950          7,201     -3.5%


    CARGO TON MILES (000)*
    ----------------------

    Freight                                 145,172        138,897      4.5%
    Mail                                     16,013         24,152    -33.7%
                                             ------         ------    ------
    Total Mainline                          161,185        163,049     -1.1%

    *Includes Scheduled and Charter Operations



    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES ('000)*
    -------------------------------
                                      YTD Oct. 2009  YTD Oct. 2008    Change
                                      -------------  -------------    ------
    North America                        49,232,241     54,858,219    -10.3%

    Pacific                              17,929,195     20,471,507    -12.4%
    Atlantic                             15,209,312     15,778,464     -3.6%
    Latin America                         2,572,478      3,203,349    -19.7%
                                          ---------      ---------    ------
    Total International                  35,710,985     39,453,320     -9.5%

    Total Mainline                       84,943,226     94,311,539     -9.9%

    Regional Affiliates                  11,469,616     10,222,171     12.2%

    Total Consolidated                   96,412,842    104,533,710     -7.8%


    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES ('000)*
    ----------------------------

    North America                        58,497,326     66,139,305    -11.6%

    Pacific                              23,223,009     26,292,602    -11.7%
    Atlantic                             18,724,121     19,295,370     -3.0%
    Latin America                         3,361,857      4,065,889    -17.3%
                                          ---------      ---------    ------
    Total International                  45,308,987     49,653,861     -8.8%

    Total Mainline                      103,806,316    115,793,166    -10.4%

    Regional Affiliates                  14,922,494     13,584,717      9.8%

    Total Consolidated                  118,728,810    129,377,883     -8.2%


    LOAD FACTOR*
    ------------

    North America                             84.2%          82.9%   1.3 pts

    Pacific                                   77.2%          77.9%  -0.7 pts
    Atlantic                                  81.2%          81.8%  -0.6 pts
    Latin America                             76.5%          78.8%  -2.3 pts
                                              -----          -----
    Total International                       78.8%          79.5%  -0.7 pts

    Total Mainline                            81.8%          81.4%   0.4 pts

    Regional Affiliates                       76.9%          75.2%   1.7 pts

    Total Consolidated                        81.2%          80.8%   0.4 pts


    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED ('000)*
    ----------------------------------

    Mainline                                 47,602         54,149    -12.1%
    Regional Affiliates                      21,161         19,592      8.0%
                                             ------         ------      ----
    Total Consolidated                       68,763         73,741     -6.8%

    CARGO TON MILES ('000)*
    -----------------------

    Freight                               1,128,165      1,433,063    -21.3%
    Mail                                    161,281        227,718    -29.2%
                                            -------        -------    ------
    Total Mainline                        1,289,446      1,660,781    -22.4%

    *Includes Scheduled and Charter Operations

SOURCE United Airlines

http://www.united.com
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