US mega-carrier United Airlines disclosed its latest operational results this week which demonstrated that consolidated traffic as listed as revenue passenger miles increased 7.5% and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 5.9% compared to October 2017. The airline also saw load factors increase by 1.2%.
During October United launched flights between San Francisco and Tahiti, becoming the only US carrier to have service between the mainland US and the Islands of Tahiti. Started a year-round, daily nonstop service between Chicago O'Hare and León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
The airline has also announced it would do special nonstop flights between San Francisco and Barcelona in February 2019 to make travel to the 2019 Mobile World Congress more convenient for Bay Area residents. In addition, the airline has announced 22 new routes from six of its U.S. hubs to start in 2019.
United unveiled a state-of-the-art flight training centre in Denver, Colorado - the largest in the world and home to the airlines' more than 30 full flight simulators representing all of United's fleet types and a major step forward in training.
Preliminary Operational Results
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October
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Year-to-Date
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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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11,582,143
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10,910,718
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6.2
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%
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111,054,221
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103,503,946
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7.3
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%
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Mainline
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9,470,705
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8,942,878
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5.9
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%
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90,825,526
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85,319,567
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6.5
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%
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Regional
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2,111,438
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1,967,840
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7.3
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%
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20,228,695
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18,184,379
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11.2
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%
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International
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7,830,372
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7,142,052
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9.6
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%
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81,544,972
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77,660,796
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5.0
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%
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Atlantic
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3,715,350
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3,166,876
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17.3
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%
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34,786,325
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31,116,479
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11.8
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%
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Pacific
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2,726,993
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2,673,964
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2.0
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%
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28,493,958
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28,358,795
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0.5
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%
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Latin
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1,388,029
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1,301,212
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6.7
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%
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18,264,689
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18,185,522
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0.4
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%
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Mainline
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1,323,374
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1,237,000
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7.0
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%
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17,512,859
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17,477,588
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0.2
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%
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Regional
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64,655
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64,212
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0.7
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%
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751,830
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707,934
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6.2
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%
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Consolidated
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19,412,515
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18,052,770
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7.5
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%
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192,599,193
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181,164,742
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6.3
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%
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AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
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Domestic
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13,629,210
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12,786,643
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6.6
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%
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129,688,578
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121,436,391
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6.8
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%
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Mainline
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11,096,224
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10,447,471
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6.2
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%
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105,388,302
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99,329,430
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6.1
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%
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Regional
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2,532,986
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2,339,172
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8.3
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%
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24,300,276
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22,106,961
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9.9
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%
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International
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9,945,812
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9,474,947
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5.0
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%
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100,245,981
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98,183,430
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2.1
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%
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Atlantic
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4,528,363
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4,231,225
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7.0
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%
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42,493,127
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40,641,436
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4.6
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%
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Pacific
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3,662,169
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3,575,772
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2.4
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%
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35,895,886
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35,668,379
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0.6
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%
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Latin
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1,755,280
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1,667,950
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5.2
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%
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21,856,968
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21,873,615
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(0.1)
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%
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Mainline
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1,666,760
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1,579,771
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5.5
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%
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20,854,107
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20,905,035
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(0.2)
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%
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Regional
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88,520
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88,179
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0.4
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%
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1,002,861
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968,580
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3.5
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%
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Consolidated
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23,575,022
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22,261,590
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5.9
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%
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229,934,559
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219,619,821
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4.7
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%
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PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR
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Domestic
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85.0
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%
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85.3
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%
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(0.3) pts
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85.6
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%
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85.2
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%
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0.4 pts
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Mainline
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85.4
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%
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85.6
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%
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(0.2) pts
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86.2
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%
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85.9
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%
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0.3 pts
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Regional
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83.4
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%
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84.1
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%
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(0.7) pts
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83.2
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%
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82.3
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%
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0.9 pts
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International
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78.7
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%
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75.4
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%
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3.3 pts
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81.3
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%
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79.1
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%
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2.2 pts
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Atlantic
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82.0
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%
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74.8
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%
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7.2 pts
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81.9
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%
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76.6
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%
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5.3 pts
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Pacific
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74.5
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%
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74.8
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%
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(0.3) pts
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79.4
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%
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79.5
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%
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(0.1) pts
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Latin
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79.1
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%
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78.0
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%
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1.1 pts
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83.6
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%
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83.1
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%
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0.5 pts
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Mainline
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79.4
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%
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78.3
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%
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1.1 pts
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84.0
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%
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83.6
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%
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0.4 pts
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Regional
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73.0
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%
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72.8
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%
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0.2 pts
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75.0
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%
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73.1
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%
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1.9 pts
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Consolidated
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82.3
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%
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81.1
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%
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1.2 pts
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83.8
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%
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82.5
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%
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1.3 pts
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ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)
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Mainline
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9,781
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9,132
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7.1
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%
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95,129
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90,223
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5.4
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%
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Regional
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3,918
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3,634
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7.8
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%
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37,009
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33,197
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11.5
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%
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Consolidated
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13,699
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12,766
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7.3
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%
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132,138
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123,420
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7.1
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%
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CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)
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Total
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305,900
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308,566
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(0.9)
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%
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2,828,745
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2,714,377
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4.2
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%
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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
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Mainline Departure Performance1
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71.8
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%
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74.0
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%
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(2.2) pts
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Mainline Completion Factor
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99.8
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%
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99.7
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%
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0.1 pts
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