Delta Reports Operating Performance for February 2018

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PR Newswire 2-Mar-2018 9:00 AM
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ATLANTA, March 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for February 2018. The company carried 13.0 million passengers across its broad global network, a record for the month of February.

Monthly highlights included:
Ranking among Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the second consecutive year as the only airline represented on the list, and ranking as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies Worldwide" in 2018.
Marking a significant milestone at New York-LGA airport as the first pieces of steel for the airline's future Concourse G facility were set in place. The terminal will be one of four concourses that will comprise the airline's state-of-the-art new terminal featuring 37 gates, more hold room seating, additional concessions space and a new, larger Delta Sky Club.
Announcing the formation of the Seamless Air Alliance with Airbus, OneWeb, Sprint and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), designed to enable passengers to have a seamless in-cabin connectivity experience.
The company's operating performance is detailed in the table below.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2018, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the seventh time in eight 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 314 destinations in 54 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)


Feb 2018 Feb 2017 Change Feb 2018 Feb 2017 Change

RPMs (000):
Domestic 9,539,188 9,053,212 5.4% 19,247,653 18,640,618 3.3%
Delta Mainline 8,176,350 7,628,134 7.2% 16,499,338 15,681,153 5.2%
Regional 1,362,838 1,425,078 (4.4%) 2,748,316 2,959,465 (7.1%)
International 5,147,696 5,089,894 1.1% 11,081,805 11,142,993 (0.5%)
Latin America 1,784,677 1,799,435 (0.8%) 3,750,603 3,832,838 (2.1%)
Delta Mainline 1,777,161 1,764,640 0.7% 3,732,610 3,752,991 (0.5%)
Regional 7,516 34,795 (78.4%) 17,993 79,847 (77.5%)
Atlantic 1,949,826 1,825,707 6.8% 4,291,093 4,143,394 3.6%
Pacific 1,413,193 1,464,752 (3.5%) 3,040,110 3,166,761 (4.0%)
Total System 14,686,884 14,143,106 3.8% 30,329,459 29,783,611 1.8%


ASMs (000):
Domestic 11,587,958 11,023,273 5.1% 23,872,206 22,893,247 4.3%
Delta Mainline 9,774,311 9,128,067 7.1% 20,127,332 18,904,627 6.5%
Regional 1,813,647 1,895,206 (4.3%) 3,744,874 3,988,620 (6.1%)
International 6,442,622 6,416,355 0.4% 13,779,602 13,813,601 (0.2%)
Latin America 2,112,546 2,122,427 (0.5%) 4,458,199 4,528,462 (1.6%)
Delta Mainline 2,103,116 2,073,560 1.4% 4,434,991 4,419,581 0.3%
Regional 9,430 48,867 (80.7%) 23,208 108,881 (78.7%)
Atlantic 2,677,153 2,549,557 5.0% 5,743,323 5,564,025 3.2%
Pacific 1,652,923 1,744,371 (5.2%) 3,578,080 3,721,114 (3.8%)
Total System 18,030,580 17,439,628 3.4% 37,651,807 36,706,848 2.6%


Load Factor:
Domestic 82.3% 82.1% 0.2 Pts 80.6% 81.4% (0.8) Pts
Delta Mainline 83.7% 83.6% 0.1 Pts 82.0% 82.9% (0.9) Pts
Regional 75.1% 75.2% (0.1) Pts 73.4% 74.2% (0.8) Pts
International 79.9% 79.3% 0.6 Pts 80.4% 80.7% (0.3) Pts
Latin America 84.5% 84.8% (0.3) Pts 84.1% 84.6% (0.5) Pts
Delta Mainline 84.5% 85.1% (0.6) Pts 84.2% 84.9% (0.7) Pts
Regional 79.7% 71.2% 8.5 Pts 77.5% 73.3% 4.2 Pts
Atlantic 72.8% 71.6% 1.2 Pts 74.7% 74.5% 0.2 Pts
Pacific 85.5% 84.0% 1.5 Pts 85.0% 85.1% (0.1) Pts
Total System 81.5% 81.1% 0.4 Pts 80.6% 81.1% (0.5) Pts


Mainline Completion Factor 99.9% 99.5% 0.4 Pts

Mainline On-time Performance 87.8% 89.5% (1.7) Pts
(preliminary DOT A14)

Passengers Boarded 13,002,690 12,662,016 2.7% 26,307,070 26,086,815 0.8%

Cargo Ton Miles (000): 160,219 148,506 7.9% 314,958 298,197 5.6%

aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements
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