09 October, 2018

How did United do in September?

Photo United Airlines
The mega US carrier United released its September results this week which demonstrated an impressive level of growth for the airline as revenue passenger miles increased by 6.7% and available seat miles increased 6.1% when compared to September 2017. 


Some of the highlights for United in September include:

Introduced a better boarding process at gates in airports around the world, giving customers more space at the gate, less time waiting in line and improved boarding information to create a less stressful environment.
Committed to reducing the company's greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050, further strengthening UAL's ambition to be the world's most environmentally conscious airline.
Launched a Crowdrise fundraising campaign to support those affected by Hurricane Florence, Typhoon Mangkhut, flooding in Western Japan, wildfires in California and other disasters.
Announced an additional 100 flights and more than 10,000 seats daily to 12 of the country's top ski destinations during the 2018/2019 ski season, as well as the addition of more than 8,500 seats from U.S. hubs and eight other U.S. cities to Las Vegas for the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show.


United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,700 flights a day to 356 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. 

United operates over  760 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 546 regional aircraft.


Preliminary Operational Results



September

Year-to-Date


2018

2017

Change

2018

2017

Change
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)












Domestic
10,660,187


9,782,843


9.0
%

99,472,078


92,593,228


7.4
%

Mainline
8,718,315


8,071,718


8.0
%

81,354,821


76,376,689


6.5
%

Regional
1,941,872


1,711,125


13.5
%

18,117,257


16,216,539


11.7
%

International
7,736,096


7,453,318


3.8
%

73,714,600


70,518,744


4.5
%

Atlantic
3,969,532


3,568,218


11.2
%

31,070,975


27,949,603


11.2
%

Pacific
2,563,279


2,648,870


(3.2)
%

25,766,965


25,684,831


0.3
%

Latin
1,203,285


1,236,230


(2.7)
%

16,876,660


16,884,310


%

Mainline
1,136,677


1,180,071


(3.7)
%

16,189,485


16,240,588


(0.3)
%

Regional
66,608


56,159


18.6
%

687,175


643,722


6.8
%

Consolidated
18,396,283


17,236,161


6.7
%

173,186,678


163,111,972


6.2
%













AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)












Domestic
13,051,259


11,892,412


9.7
%

116,059,368


108,649,748


6.8
%

Mainline
10,653,255


9,761,966


9.1
%

94,292,078


88,881,959


6.1
%

Regional
2,398,004


2,130,446


12.6
%

21,767,290


19,767,789


10.1
%

International
9,668,341


9,523,059


1.5
%

90,300,169


88,708,483


1.8
%

Atlantic
4,719,849


4,481,266


5.3
%

37,964,764


36,410,211


4.3
%

Pacific
3,388,601


3,522,608


(3.8)
%

32,233,717


32,092,607


0.4
%

Latin
1,559,891


1,519,185


2.7
%

20,101,688


20,205,665


(0.5)
%

Mainline
1,463,177


1,441,244


1.5
%

19,187,347


19,325,264


(0.7)
%

Regional
96,714


77,941


24.1
%

914,341


880,401


3.9
%

Consolidated
22,719,600


21,415,471


6.1
%

206,359,537


197,358,231


4.6
%













PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR












Domestic
81.7
%

82.3
%

(0.6) pts

85.7
%

85.2
%

0.5 pts

Mainline
81.8
%

82.7
%

(0.9) pts

86.3
%

85.9
%

0.4 pts

Regional
81.0
%

80.3
%

0.7 pts

83.2
%

82.0
%

1.2 pts

International
80.0
%

78.3
%

1.7 pts

81.6
%

79.5
%

2.1 pts

Atlantic
84.1
%

79.6
%

4.5 pts

81.8
%

76.8
%

5.0 pts

Pacific
75.6
%

75.2
%

0.4 pts

79.9
%

80.0
%

(0.1) pts

Latin
77.1
%

81.4
%

(4.3) pts

84.0
%

83.6
%

0.4 pts

Mainline
77.7
%

81.9
%

(4.2) pts

84.4
%

84.0
%

0.4 pts

Regional
68.9
%

72.1
%

(3.2) pts

75.2
%

73.1
%

2.1 pts

Consolidated
81.0
%

80.5
%

0.5 pts

83.9
%

82.6
%

1.3 pts













ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)












Mainline
9,027


8,461


6.7
%

85,348


81,091


5.2
%

Regional
3,616


3,192


13.3
%

33,091


29,563


11.9
%

Consolidated
12,643


11,653


8.5
%

118,439


110,654


7.0
%













CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)











Total
277,426


280,871


(1.2)
%

2,522,845


2,405,811


4.9
%













OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE












Mainline Departure Performance1
72.8
%

74.3
%

(1.5) pts







Mainline Completion Factor
99.4
%

97.3
%

2.1 pts








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