Delta Reports Operating Performance for November 2017

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PR Newswire 4-Dec-2017 9:00 AM
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ATLANTA, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for November 2017. The company carried 14.9 million passengers across its broad global network in the month.

Monthly highlights include:
Setting a new No. 1 system and domestic revenue day during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period on Sunday, Nov. 26;
Recording zero system cancellations across Delta's global operation while carrying more than 2.35 million customers on nearly 23,000 flights with an on-time arrival rate of 92.7 percent during the Thanksgiving holiday period from Wednesday to Sunday;
Receiving approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation of the trans-Pacific joint venture with Korean Air, a significant milestone; and
Ranking as the No. 1 U.S. airline by the corporate travel community in the Business Travel News Airline Survey for a historic seventh consecutive year, sweeping all 10 categories and improving on the scores achieved in 2016.
The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven 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 306 destinations in 52 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 transatlanticjoint 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, So 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. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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Monthly Traffic Results (a) Year to Date Traffic Results (a)


Nov 2017 Nov 2016 Change Nov 2017 Nov 2016 Change

RPMs (000):
Domestic 10,813,259 10,471,093 3.3% 124,288,211 120,151,575 3.4%
Delta Mainline 9,178,065 8,770,708 4.6% 105,462,258 101,080,732 4.3%
Regional 1,635,194 1,700,385 (3.8%) 18,825,954 19,070,843 (1.3%)
International 5,340,986 5,140,211 3.9% 76,696,358 76,145,537 0.7%
Latin America 1,315,905 1,311,323 0.3% 18,694,740 17,951,168 4.1%
Delta Mainline 1,298,426 1,273,554 2.0% 18,345,998 17,446,583 5.2%
Regional 17,479 37,769 (53.7%) 348,741 504,585 (30.9%)
Atlantic 2,455,841 2,334,442 5.2% 38,934,833 37,082,608 5.0%
Pacific 1,569,240 1,494,446 5.0% 19,066,785 21,111,761 (9.7%)
Total System 16,154,245 15,611,304 3.5% 200,984,569 196,297,112 2.4%


ASMs (000):
Domestic 12,519,405 12,040,803 4.0% 144,764,703 140,963,634 2.7%
Delta Mainline 10,511,956 9,975,033 5.4% 121,375,259 117,203,564 3.6%
Regional 2,007,449 2,065,770 (2.8%) 23,389,445 23,760,070 (1.6%)
International 6,386,611 6,327,981 0.9% 89,692,347 91,205,802 (1.7%)
Latin America 1,534,305 1,515,896 1.2% 21,507,231 21,124,544 1.8%
Delta Mainline 1,513,040 1,465,344 3.3% 21,063,234 20,489,736 2.8%
Regional 21,265 50,552 (57.9%) 443,997 634,808 (30.1%)
Atlantic 3,039,294 3,046,105 (0.2%) 46,128,478 46,037,938 0.2%
Pacific 1,813,012 1,765,980 2.7% 22,056,638 24,043,320 (8.3%)
Total System 18,906,016 18,368,784 2.9% 234,457,050 232,169,436 1.0%


Load Factor:
Domestic 86.4% 87.0% (0.6) Pts 85.9% 85.2% 0.7 Pts
Delta Mainline 87.3% 87.9% (0.6) Pts 86.9% 86.2% 0.7 Pts
Regional 81.5% 82.3% (0.8) Pts 80.5% 80.3% 0.2 Pts
International 83.6% 81.2% 2.4 Pts 85.5% 83.5% 2.0 Pts
Latin America 85.8% 86.5% (0.7) Pts 86.9% 85.0% 1.9 Pts
Delta Mainline 85.8% 86.9% (1.1) Pts 87.1% 85.1% 2.0 Pts
Regional 82.2% 74.7% 7.5 Pts 78.5% 79.5% (1.0) Pts
Atlantic 80.8% 76.6% 4.2 Pts 84.4% 80.5% 3.9 Pts
Pacific 86.6% 84.6% 2.0 Pts 86.4% 87.8% (1.4) Pts
Total System 85.4% 85.0% 0.4 Pts 85.7% 84.5% 1.2 Pts


Mainline Completion Factor 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance 93.6 91.4% 2.2 Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded 14,887,130 14,664,384 1.5% 172,016,821 169,087,414 1.7%

Cargo Ton Miles (000): 169,980 160,001 6.2% 1,976,060 1,814,550 8.9%

aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements

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