Contact: Worldwide Communications
Joe Hopkins (847) 700-5770, 5538
Night: (847) 700-4088
CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2001-United Airlines (NYSE:UAL) today reported that the company flew 31.5 percent fewer revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in September versus the comparable month in 2000. Driven by the terrible events of September 11, seat capacity was down 21.7 percent. The airline's passenger load factor of 61.1 percent was down 8.8 points from a year ago.
Traffic was severely affected by terrorist attacks on September 11
Following the federally-mandated cessation of operations on September 11, September 12 and September 13, United resumed limited operations on September 14 and gradually built its services to approximately 80 percent of the schedule offered prior to September 11.
Systemwide load factor for the period September 1-10 was 72.3 percent. For the period September 11-30, systemwide load factor was 53 percent.
United offers nearly 1,900 flights each day on a network that spans the globe. United's website is www.united.com.
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2001 | 2000 | ||
SEPTEMBER | SEPTEMBER | PERCENT | |
(000) | (000) | CHANGE | |
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY: | |||
REVENUE PLANE MILES | 77,156 | -22.2 | |
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES | 48,880 | 66,390 | -26.4 |
REVENUE PASSENGERS | 4,236 | 6,473 | -34.6 |
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES: | |||
NORTH AMERICA | 3,904,713 | 5,868,959 | -33.5 |
PACIFIC | 1,477,887 | 2,214,865 | -33.3 |
ATLANTIC | 1,365,705 | 1,749,158 | -21.9 |
LATIN AMERICA | 290,996 | 443,990 | -34.5 |
SYSTEM | 7,039,301 | 10,276,972 | -31.5 |
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES: | |||
NORTH AMERICA | 6,746,910 | 9,063,197 | -25.6 |
PACIFIC | 2,351,784 | 2,885,665 | -18.5 |
ATLANTIC | 1,891,933 | 2,101,845 | -10.0 |
LATIN AMERICA | 532,953 | 659,930 | -19.2 |
SYSTEM | 11,523,580 | 14,710,637 | -21.7 |
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): | |||
NORTH AMERICA | 57.9 | 64.8 | -6.9pts |
PACIFIC | 62.8 | 76.8 | -14.0pts |
ATLANTIC | 72.2 | 83.2 | -11.0pts |
LATIN AMERICA | 54.6 | 67.3 | -12.7pts |
SYSTEM | 61.1 | 69.9 | -8.8pts |
CARGO TON MILES: | |||
FREIGHT | 125,859 | 218,091 | -42.3 |
18,161 | 47,742 | -62.0 | |
SYSTEM | 144,020 | 265,833 | -45.8 |
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER: | |||
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES | 7,042,063 | 10,282,745 | -31.5 |
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES | 11,527,994 | 14,720,510 | -21.7 |
REVENUE PSGR. KM. | 11,332,792 | 16,548,022 | -31.5 |
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. | 18,552,001 | 23,689,717 | -21.7 |
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES | 848,226 | 1,294,107 | -34.5 |
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES | 1,845,091 | 2,321,749 | -20.5 |
TOTAL REV. TON KM. | 1,230,220 | 1,877,437 | -34.5 |
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. | 2,693,833 | 3,389,754 | -20.5 |
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YEAR TO DATE | YEAR TO DATE | PERCENT CHANGE | ||
2001 | 2000 | |||
SCHEDULED SERVICES ONLY (000): | ||||
REVENUE PLANE MILES | 693,054 | 693,894 | -0.1 | |
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES | 588,874 | 609,681 | -3.4 | |
REVENUE PASSENGERS | 59,980 | 63,969 | -6.2 | |
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES: | ||||
NORTH AMERICA | 55,779,374 | 59,531,000 | -6.3 | |
PACIFIC | 18,647,344 | 18,353,044 | 1.6 | |
ATLANTIC | 14,523,707 | 13,749,793 | 5.6 | |
LATIN AMERICA | 3,965,566 | 4,255,273 | -6.8 | |
SYSTEM | 92,915,991 | 95,889,110 | -3.1 | |
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES: | ||||
NORTH AMERICA | 79,049,279 | 83,009,136 | -4.8 | |
PACIFIC | 25,902,204 | 25,034,158 | 3.5 | |
ATLANTIC | 19,138,321 | 17,522,962 | 9.2 | |
LATIN AMERICA | 5,683,951 | 6,016,697 | -5.5 | |
SYSTEM | 129,773,755 | 131,582,953 | -1.4 | |
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): | ||||
NORTH AMERICA | 70.6 | 71.7 | -1.1pts | |
PACIFIC | 72.0 | 73.3 | -1.3pts | |
ATLANTIC | 75.9 | 78.5 | -2.6pts | |
LATIN AMERICA | 69.8 | 70.7 | -0.9pts | |
SYSTEM | 71.6 | 72.9 | -1.3pts | |
CARGO TON MILES | ||||
FREIGHT | 1,489,417 | 1,903,004 | -21.7 | |
377,863 | 442,747 | -14.7 | ||
SYSTEM | 1,867,280 | 2,345,751 | -20.4 | |
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER | ||||
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES | 92,935,391 | 95,927,442 | -3.1 | |
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES | 129,807,540 | 131,645,450 | -1.4 | |
REVENUE PSGR. KM. | 149,560,925 | 154,376,032 | -3.1 | |
AVAILABLE SEAT KM. | 208,899,274 | 211,857,023 | -1.4 | |
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES | 11,160,813 | 11,938,506 | -6.5 | |
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES | 20,339,079 | 20,661,373 | -1.6 | |
TOTAL REV. TON KM. | 16,186,712 | 17,318,638 | -6.5 | |
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM. | 29,695,055 | 30,165,605 | -1.6 |
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