Delta's record March.... Full details

Earlier this week the US airline Delta released its March 2018 operating performance which showed the carrier flew 16.6 million passengers over its global network, a record for the month of March. 

Monthly highlights included:
Receiving final approvals to launch a joint venture with Korean Air 
Announcing new developments in customer experience innovation with biometric check-in at Delta Sky Clubs and a new Delta Sky Club at Phoenix Sky Harbor coming in late 2018.
Establishing new connections for customers via Salt Lake City to Cleveland, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas; Chattanooga, Tenn., to New York-LGA; and Boston to Las Vegas, achieving a milestone of 50 nonstop destinations at Boston Logan by this fall.

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Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2018, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the seventh time in eight years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented seven consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 312 destinations in 55 countries on six continents. 

Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry's leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. 

Monthly Traffic Results						Year to Date Traffic Results
			Mar 2018		Mar 2017		Change		Mar 2018		Mar 2017		Change
RPMs (000):
	Domestic		12,217,140		11,719,085		4.2%		31,464,793		30,359,703		3.6%
	International		6,729,095		6,449,015		4.3%		17,810,901		17,592,008		1.2%
		Latin America	2,100,195		2,107,746		(0.4%)		5,850,798		5,940,584		(1.5%)
		Atlantic	2,885,430		2,648,228		9.0%		7,176,523		6,791,622		5.7%
		Pacific	1,743,470		1,693,041		3.0%		4,783,580		4,859,802		(1.6%)
	Total System		18,946,235		18,168,100		4.3%		49,275,694		47,951,711		2.8%
ASMs (000):
	Domestic		14,113,594		13,554,949		4.1%		37,985,800		36,448,196		4.2%
	International		7,690,748		7,609,412		1.1%		21,470,350		21,423,013		0.2%
		Latin America	2,391,733		2,416,514		(1.0%)		6,849,931		6,944,976		(1.4%)
		Atlantic	3,336,933		3,258,105		2.4%		9,080,256		8,822,130		2.9%
		Pacific	1,962,082		1,934,793		1.4%		5,540,162		5,655,907		(2.0%)
	Total System		21,804,342		21,164,361		3.0%		59,456,149		57,871,209		2.7%
Load Factor:
	Domestic		86.6%		86.5%		0.1 Pts		82.8%		83.3%		(0.5) Pts
	International		87.5%		84.8%		2.7 Pts		83.0%		82.1%		0.9 Pts
		Latin America	87.8%		87.2%		0.6 Pts		85.4%		85.5%		(0.1) Pts
		Atlantic	86.5%		81.3%		5.2 Pts		79.0%		77.0%		2.0 Pts
		Pacific	88.9%		87.5%		1.4 Pts		86.3%		85.9%		0.4 Pts
	Total System		86.9%		85.8%		1.1 Pts		82.9%		82.9%		0.0 Pts
Mainline Completion Factor			99.0%		99.5%		(0.5) Pts
Mainline On-time Performance			86.9%		86.9%		0.0 Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)
Passengers Boarded			16,581,725		16,209,515		2.3%		42,888,795		42,296,330		1.4%
Cargo Ton Miles (000):			188,719		172,313		9.5%		503,677		470,510		7.0%
Note: Results include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements

SOURCE Delta Air Lines