June 07, 2017
CHICAGO, June 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (UAL) today reported May 2017 operational results.
UAL's May 2017 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 2.6 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 3.7 percent versus May 2016. UAL's May 2017 consolidated load factor decreased 0.9 points compared to May 2016.
Scott Kirby, president of United Airlines said, "At United, we are running a great airline across the board. This starts with taking off on time, and in May, we were the top performer in the industry for on-time departures for the second month in a row. We are also proud of our number one finish in April baggage performance. Additionally, we're seeing initial progress following our customer-focused policy changes, with involuntary denied boardings down 79 percent year-over-year in May. We will continue to build on this momentum as we head into the busy summer travel season."
The company continues to expect second-quarter 2017 consolidated passenger unit revenue to be up 1.0 to 3.0 percent compared to the second quarter of 2016. However, the Pacific region is experiencing incremental weakness due to unfavorable supply and demand dynamics in China and Hong Kong.
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 337 airports across five continents. In 2016, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 143 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 743 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express partners operate 478 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 190 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".
| Locations | May 2017 (in miles) | May 2016 (in miles) | May Change | Full-Year 2017 (in miles) | Full-Year 2016 (in miles) | Full-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 10,711,519 | 10,262,707 | 4.4% | 47,851,280 | 45,749,839 | 4.6% |
| Mainline | 8,849,499 | 8,244,800 | 7.3% | 38,939,961 | 36,362,735 | 7.1% |
| Regional | 1,862,020 | 2,017,907 | (7.7%) | 8,911,319 | 9,387,104 | (5.1%) |
| International | 7,789,692 | 7,770,529 | 0.2% | 35,827,201 | 35,226,160 | 1.7% |
| Atlantic | 3,296,343 | 3,290,935 | 0.2% | 12,469,618 | 12,539,249 | (0.6%) |
| Pacific | 2,841,816 | 2,857,054 | (0.5%) | 13,743,272 | 13,315,055 | 3.2% |
| Latin | 1,651,533 | 1,622,540 | 1.8% | 9,614,311 | 9,371,856 | 2.6% |
| Mainline | 1,583,008 | 1,548,079 | 2.3% | 9,244,941 | 8,999,607 | 2.7% |
| Regional | 68,525 | 74,461 | (8.0%) | 369,370 | 372,249 | (0.8%) |
| Consolidated | 18,501,211 | 18,033,236 | 2.6% | 83,678,481 | 80,975,999 | 3.3% |
| Locations | May 2017 (in miles) | May 2016 (in miles) | May Change | Full-Year 2017 (in miles) | Full-Year 2016 (in miles) | Full-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 12,453,324 | 11,891,294 | 4.7% | 56,522,311 | 54,517,212 | 3.7% |
| Mainline | 10,201,973 | 9,539,334 | 6.9% | 45,647,192 | 43,153,491 | 5.8% |
| Regional | 2,251,351 | 2,351,960 | (4.3%) | 10,875,119 | 11,363,721 | (4.3%) |
| International | 10,208,823 | 9,967,090 | 2.4% | 47,087,822 | 45,941,081 | 2.5% |
| Atlantic | 4,540,690 | 4,539,260 | 0.0% | 17,571,370 | 17,837,496 | (1.5%) |
| Pacific | 3,641,810 | 3,468,244 | 5.0% | 17,749,231 | 16,611,796 | 6.8% |
| Latin | 2,026,323 | 1,959,586 | 3.4% | 11,767,221 | 11,491,789 | 2.4% |
| Mainline | 1,927,894 | 1,851,851 | 4.1% | 11,227,772 | 10,939,338 | 2.6% |
| Regional | 98,429 | 107,735 | (8.6%) | 539,449 | 552,451 | (2.4%) |
| Consolidated | 22,662,147 | 21,858,384 | 3.7% | 103,610,133 | 100,458,293 | 3.1% |
| Locations | May 2017 | May 2016 | May Change | Full-Year 2017 | Full-Year 2016 | Full-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 86.0% | 86.3% | (0.3) pts | 84.7% | 83.9% | 0.8 pts |
| Mainline | 86.7% | 86.4% | 0.3 pts | 85.3% | 84.3% | 1.0 pt |
| Regional | 82.7% | 85.8% | (3.1) pts | 81.9% | 82.6% | (0.7) pts |
| International | 76.3% | 78.0% | (1.7) pts | 76.1% | 76.7% | (0.6) pts |
| Atlantic | 72.6% | 72.5% | 0.1 pts | 71.0% | 70.3% | 0.7 pts |
| Pacific | 78.0% | 82.4% | (4.4) pts | 77.4% | 80.2% | (2.8) pts |
| Latin | 81.5% | 82.8% | (1.3) pts | 81.7% | 81.6% | 0.1 pts |
| Mainline | 82.1% | 83.6% | (1.5) pts | 82.3% | 82.3% | 0.0 pts |
| Regional | 69.6% | 69.1% | 0.5 pts | 68.5% | 67.4% | 1.1 pts |
| Consolidated | 81.6% | 82.5% | (0.9) pts | 80.8% | 80.6% | 0.2 pts |
| Locations | May 2017 (in people) | May 2016 (in people) | May Change | Full-Year 2017 (in people) | Full-Year 2016 (in people) | Full-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainline | 9,217 | 8,581 | 7.4% | 41,822 | 38,713 | 8.0% |
| Regional | 3,390 | 3,638 | (6.8%) | 15,967 | 16,822 | (5.1%) |
| Consolidated | 12,607 | 12,219 | 3.2% | 57,789 | 55,535 | 4.1% |
| Locations | May 2017 (in miles) | May 2016 (in miles) | May Change | Full-Year 2017 (in miles) | Full-Year 2016 (in miles) | Full-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 281,914 | 227,817 | 23.7% | 1,295,758 | 1,072,190 | 20.9% |
| Row Titles | 2017 | 2016 | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainline Departure Performance1 | 70.3% | 67.1% | 3.2 pts | |||
| Mainline Completion Factor | 99.8% | 99.4% | 0.4 pts | |||
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| Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the definition of these statistics | ||||||
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