Delta Reports Financial and Operating Performance for March 2017

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PR Newswire 4-Apr-2017 9:00 AM
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ATLANTA, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial and operating performance for March 2017.

Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of March increased 0.5% year over year, marking the first positive monthly PRASM result for Delta since November 2015.
The company's financial and operating performance is detailed below.
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Preliminary Financial and Operating Results

March consolidated PRASM change year over year 0.5%
March mainline completion factor 99.5%
March on-time performance (preliminary DOT A14) 86.9%
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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 six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 322 destinations in 58 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, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle 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)


Mar 2017 Mar 2016 Change Mar 2017 Mar 2016 Change

RPMs (000):
Domestic 11,719,086 11,310,295 3.6% 30,351,177 29,670,235 2.3%
Delta Mainline 9,920,088 9,479,785 4.6% 25,593,939 24,889,079 2.8%
Regional 1,798,998 1,830,510 (1.7%) 4,757,237 4,781,156 (0.5%)
International 6,449,015 6,452,830 (0.1%) 17,592,101 18,055,085 (2.6%)
Latin America 2,107,746 1,974,378 6.8% 5,940,561 5,687,334 4.5%
Delta Mainline 2,068,700 1,918,856 7.8% 5,821,669 5,529,124 5.3%
Regional 39,045 55,522 (29.7%) 118,891 158,210 (24.9%)
Atlantic 2,648,228 2,598,630 1.9% 6,791,565 6,862,371 (1.0%)
Pacific 1,693,041 1,879,822 (9.9%) 4,859,975 5,505,380 (11.7%)
Total System 18,168,101 17,763,125 2.3% 47,943,278 47,725,320 0.5%


ASMs (000):
Domestic 13,554,948 13,175,764 2.9% 36,436,066 35,841,633 1.7%
Delta Mainline 11,322,533 10,912,780 3.8% 30,216,880 29,606,551 2.1%
Regional 2,232,415 2,262,984 (1.4%) 6,219,186 6,235,082 (0.3%)
International 7,609,411 7,771,386 (2.1%) 21,422,025 22,303,271 (4.0%)
Latin America 2,416,514 2,354,031 2.7% 6,945,381 6,859,205 1.3%
Delta Mainline 2,364,670 2,285,120 3.5% 6,784,657 6,659,179 1.9%
Regional 51,844 68,911 (24.8%) 160,723 200,026 (19.6%)
Atlantic 3,258,104 3,269,329 (0.3%) 8,822,143 9,149,972 (3.6%)
Pacific 1,934,793 2,148,026 (9.9%) 5,654,502 6,294,094 (10.2%)
Total System 21,164,359 20,947,150 1.0% 57,858,092 58,144,904 (0.5%)


Load Factor:
Domestic 86.5% 85.8% 0.7 pts 83.3% 82.8% 0.5 pts
Delta Mainline 87.6% 86.9% 0.7 pts 84.7% 84.1% 0.6 pts
Regional 80.6% 80.9% (0.3) pts 76.5% 76.7% (0.2) pts
International 84.8% 83.0% 1.8 pts 82.1% 81.0% 1.1 pts
Latin America 87.2% 83.9% 3.3 pts 85.5% 82.9% 2.6 pts
Delta Mainline 87.5% 84.0% 3.5 pts 85.8% 83.0% 2.8 pts
Regional 75.3% 80.6% (5.3) pts 74.0% 79.1% (5.1) pts
Atlantic 81.3% 79.5% 1.8 pts 77.0% 75.0% 2.0 pts
Pacific 87.5% 87.5% 0.0 pts 85.9% 87.5% (1.6) pts
Total System 85.8% 84.8% 1.0 pts 82.9% 82.1% 0.8 pts

Mainline Completion Factor 99.5% 99.9% (0.4) pts

Passengers Boarded 16,209,515 15,777,184 2.7% 42,290,044 41,913,269 0.9%


Cargo Ton Miles (000): 172,130 162,773 5.7% 470,077 476,956 (1.4%)

aResults include flights operated under contract carrier arrangements
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