United Airlines reported February 2018 operational results yesterday, here are the basic details-
UAL's February 2018 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 5.7 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 3.8 percent versus February 2017. UAL's February 2018 consolidated load factor increased 1.4 points compared to February 2017.
Preliminary Operational Results
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February
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YTD
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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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8,509,645
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8,038,257
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5.9%
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17,576,604
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16,772,201
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4.8%
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Mainline
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6,816,269
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6,465,788
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5.4%
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14,092,013
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13,472,151
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4.6%
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Regional
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1,693,376
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1,572,469
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7.7%
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3,484,591
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3,300,050
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5.6%
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International
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6,243,067
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5,914,319
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5.6%
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13,507,577
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13,225,999
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2.1%
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Atlantic
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1,920,620
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1,763,415
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8.9%
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4,262,947
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4,009,855
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6.3%
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Pacific
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2,576,474
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2,413,447
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6.8%
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5,446,578
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5,351,305
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1.8%
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Latin
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1,745,973
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1,737,457
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0.5%
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3,798,052
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3,864,839
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(1.7%)
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Mainline
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1,678,850
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1,671,846
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0.4%
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3,647,708
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3,718,075
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(1.9%)
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Regional
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67,123
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65,611
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2.3%
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150,344
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146,764
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2.4%
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Consolidated
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14,752,712
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13,952,576
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5.7%
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31,084,181
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29,998,200
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3.6%
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AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
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Domestic
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10,376,626
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9,839,177
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5.5%
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21,623,649
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20,474,223
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5.6%
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Mainline
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8,254,759
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7,873,155
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4.8%
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17,194,998
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16,334,279
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5.3%
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Regional
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2,121,867
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1,966,022
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7.9%
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4,428,651
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4,139,944
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7.0%
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International
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8,502,432
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8,347,064
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1.9%
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17,878,907
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17,676,334
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1.1%
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Atlantic
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2,965,713
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2,857,372
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3.8%
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6,196,546
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6,070,550
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2.1%
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Pacific
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3,401,719
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3,313,533
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2.7%
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7,096,392
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6,869,690
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3.3%
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Latin
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2,135,000
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2,176,159
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(1.9%)
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4,585,969
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4,736,094
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(3.2%)
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Mainline
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2,041,332
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2,070,926
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(1.4%)
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4,385,217
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4,514,098
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(2.9%)
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Regional
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93,668
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105,233
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(11.0%)
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200,752
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221,996
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(9.6%)
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Consolidated
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18,879,058
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18,186,241
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3.8%
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39,502,556
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38,150,557
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3.5%
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PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
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Domestic
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82.0%
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81.7%
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0.3 pts
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81.3%
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81.9%
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(0.6) pts
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Mainline
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82.6%
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82.1%
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0.5 pts
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82.0%
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82.5%
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(0.5) pts
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Regional
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79.8%
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80.0%
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(0.2) pts
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78.7%
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79.7%
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(1.0) pts
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International
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73.4%
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70.9%
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2.5 pts
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75.6%
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74.8%
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0.8 pts
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Atlantic
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64.8%
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61.7%
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3.1 pts
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68.8%
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66.1%
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2.7 pts
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Pacific
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75.7%
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72.8%
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2.9 pts
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76.8%
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77.9%
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(1.1) pts
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Latin
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81.8%
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79.8%
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2.0 pts
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82.8%
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81.6%
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1.2 pts
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Mainline
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82.2%
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80.7%
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1.5 pts
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83.2%
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82.4%
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0.8 pts
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Regional
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71.7%
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62.3%
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9.4 pts
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74.9%
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66.1%
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8.8 pts
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Consolidated
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78.1%
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76.7%
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1.4 pts
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78.7%
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78.6%
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0.1 pts
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ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)
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Mainline
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7,364
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7,068
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4.2%
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15,273
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14,831
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3.0%
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Regional
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3,039
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2,800
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8.5%
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6,233
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5,860
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6.4%
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Consolidated
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10,403
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9,868
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5.4%
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21,506
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20,691
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3.9%
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CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)
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Total
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257,970
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235,364
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9.6%
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512,923
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468,842
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9.4%
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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
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Mainline Departure Performance1
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73.4%
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68.5%
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4.9 pts
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Mainline Completion Factor
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99.6%
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99.2%
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0.4 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 year ended December 31, 2017 for the definition of these statistics
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United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 338 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 744 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 518 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 191 countries via 28 member airlines.
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