10 August, 2018

United July Figures

One of the largest US carriers, United Airlines has reported its July 2018 results earlier this week, which so the airline performed well, increasing revenue and loads over the same period last year. The carrier flew more than  15.4 million people during the month on more than 73,000 mainline flights.

United advise that its July 2018 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 6.9 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 4.0 percent compared to last year. UAL's July 2018 consolidated load factor increased 2.4 points compared to July 2017. 

Some of the highlights for the month include ---


Announced orders to purchase 25 new Embraer E-175 and 4 new Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
As part of a previously announced $8 million commitment, announced a $2 million grant to be split between the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Urban League of Essex County, and Year Up New York, as well as a $1 million grant to First Place for Youth in Los Angeles.

Unveiled the redesigned united.com homepage, featuring a more personalized digital experience for each customer and an updated, more modern, user-friendly design.

Achieved the top score of 100 percent on the 2018 Disability Equality Index (DEI), a prominent benchmarking metric that rates U.S. companies on their disability inclusion policies and practices, also earning UAL a place on DEI's 2018 "Best Places to Work" list.

Voted Best Business Class Lounge in the United States by the 2018 World Airline Awards from Skytrax for the Chicago O'Hare United Polaris lounge. 



Preliminary Operational Results 



July

Year-to-Date







2018
2017
Change

2018
2017
Change









 REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)








Domestic
13,093,444
11,997,825
9.1%

76,184,306
71,335,547
6.8%

Mainline
10,851,145
10,090,634
7.5%

62,195,944
58,637,052
6.1%

Regional
2,242,299
1,907,191
17.6%

13,988,362
12,698,495
10.2%

International
9,909,733
9,515,935
4.1%

56,612,407
54,145,312
4.6%

Atlantic
4,483,915
4,038,394
11.0%

22,672,129
20,348,359
11.4%

Pacific
3,144,719
3,135,175
0.3%

20,132,256
19,898,718
1.2%

Latin
2,281,099
2,342,366
(2.6%)

13,808,022
13,898,235
(0.6%)

Mainline
2,192,591
2,258,147
(2.9%)

13,267,088
13,374,813
(0.8%)

Regional
88,508
84,219
5.1%

540,934
523,422
3.3%

Consolidated
23,003,177
21,513,760
6.9%

132,796,713
125,480,859
5.8%









AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)








Domestic
14,474,602
13,651,010
6.0%

88,574,766
83,314,230
6.3%

Mainline
11,898,478
11,355,336
4.8%

71,790,867
67,902,738
5.7%

Regional
2,576,124
2,295,674
12.2%

16,783,899
15,411,492
8.9%

International
11,284,307
11,114,243
1.5%

69,863,152
68,725,754
1.7%

Atlantic
5,108,634
4,865,154
5.0%

28,266,231
27,127,637
4.2%

Pacific
3,631,892
3,662,096
(0.8%)

25,257,484
24,941,947
1.3%

Latin
2,543,781
2,586,993
(1.7%)

16,339,437
16,656,170
(1.9%)

Mainline
2,441,401
2,492,076
(2.0%)

15,624,449
15,929,365
(1.9%)

Regional
102,380
94,917
7.9%

714,988
726,805
(1.6%)

Consolidated
25,758,909
24,765,253
4.0%

158,437,918
152,039,984
4.2%









PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR








Domestic
90.5%
87.9%
2.6 pts

86.0%
85.6%
0.4 pts

Mainline
91.2%
88.9%
2.3 pts

86.6%
86.4%
0.2 pts

Regional
87.0%
83.1%
3.9 pts

83.3%
82.4%
0.9 pts

International
87.8%
85.6%
2.2 pts

81.0%
78.8%
2.2 pts

Atlantic
87.8%
83.0%
4.8 pts

80.2%
75.0%
5.2 pts

Pacific
86.6%
85.6%
1.0 pt

79.7%
79.8%
(0.1) pts

Latin
89.7%
90.5%
(0.8) pts

84.5%
83.4%
1.1 pts

Mainline
89.8%
90.6%
(0.8) pts

84.9%
84.0%
0.9 pts

Regional
86.5%
88.7%
(2.2) pts

75.7%
72.0%
3.7 pts

Consolidated
89.3%
86.9%
2.4 pts

83.8%
82.5%
1.3 pts









ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)








Mainline
11,309
10,650
6.2%

65,500
62,559
4.7%

Regional
4,111
3,542
16.1%

25,473
22,985
10.8%

Consolidated
15,420
14,192
8.7%

90,973
85,544
6.3%









CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)








Total
293,576
278,743
5.3%

1,965,792
1,854,475
6.0%









OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE








Mainline Departure Performance1
62.3%
63.3%
(1.0) pt





Mainline Completion Factor
99.3%
99.3%
0.0 pts





1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time

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