ATLANTA, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) today reported operating performance for April 2018. The company carried 15.9 million
passengers across its broad global network, a record for the month
of April.
Monthly highlights include:
- Raising $1.6 billion of unsecured
debt through a mix of three-, five-, and 10-year notes at a blended
rate of 3.85 percent. The proceeds from this offering were used to
refinance current secured loans, lowering Delta's overall interest
expense by $20 million annually and
further strengthening the company's financial foundation.
- Offsetting carbon emissions for more than 170,000 customers, in
honor of Earth Month. Since 2012, Delta has achieved carbon neutral
growth through the purchase of more than 8 million carbon offsets,
which have helped Delta invest in environmental sustainability in
more than 15 countries worldwide.
- Adding more flights between New York-JFK and the Caribbean and extending year-round nonstop
access to Europe this winter from
several U.S. gateways including New York-JFK to Lisbon, Los
Angeles to Paris and Amsterdam, Indianapolis to Paris, and Orlando to Amsterdam.
- Completing the 15th Global Build with Habitat for Humanity, a
global nonprofit organization that helps families build or improve
a place they can call home. Delta employees partnered with
China Eastern to help with the
construction of six new homes for local families in Sancun, a small
village north of Guangzhou,
China.
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 321 destinations in 57 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 transatlantic joint 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, São 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 and Facebook.com/delta.
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Monthly Traffic
Results
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Year to Date
Traffic Results
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Apr
2018
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Apr
2017
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Change
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Apr
2018
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Apr
2017
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Change
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RPMs
(000):
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Domestic
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11,527,269
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10,766,073
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7.1%
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42,992,062
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41,125,776
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4.5%
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International
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6,734,844
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6,842,806
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(1.6%)
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24,545,745
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24,434,814
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0.5%
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Latin
America
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1,708,810
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1,812,328
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(5.7%)
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7,559,607
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7,752,912
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(2.5%)
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Atlantic
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3,442,110
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3,458,247
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(0.5%)
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10,618,633
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10,249,869
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3.6%
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Pacific
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1,583,925
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1,572,231
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0.7%
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6,367,505
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6,432,033
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(1.0%)
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Total
System
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18,262,113
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17,608,879
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3.7%
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67,537,807
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65,560,590
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3.0%
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ASMs
(000):
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Domestic
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13,527,940
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12,570,660
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7.6%
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51,513,740
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49,018,856
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5.1%
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International
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7,923,528
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8,065,330
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(1.8%)
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29,393,878
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29,488,343
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(0.3%)
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Latin
America
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1,997,645
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2,093,799
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(4.6%)
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8,847,577
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9,038,775
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(2.1%)
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Atlantic
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4,045,740
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4,031,221
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0.4%
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13,125,996
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12,853,351
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2.1%
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Pacific
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1,880,143
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1,940,310
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(3.1%)
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7,420,305
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7,596,217
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(2.3%)
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Total
System
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21,451,468
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20,635,990
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4.0%
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80,907,618
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78,507,199
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3.1%
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Load
Factor:
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Domestic
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85.2%
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85.6%
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(0.4)
Pts
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83.5%
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83.9%
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(0.4)
Pts
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International
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85.0%
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84.8%
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0.2 Pts
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83.5%
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82.9%
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0.6 Pts
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Latin
America
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85.5%
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86.6%
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(1.1)
Pts
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85.4%
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85.8%
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(0.4)
Pts
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Atlantic
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85.1%
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85.8%
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(0.7)
Pts
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80.9%
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79.7%
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1.2 Pts
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Pacific
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84.2%
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81.0%
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3.2 Pts
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85.8%
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84.7%
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1.1 Pts
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Total
System
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85.1%
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85.3%
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(0.2)
Pts
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83.5%
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83.5%
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0.0 Pts
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Mainline
Completion Factor
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99.7%
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96.4%
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3.3 Pts
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Mainline On-time
Performance
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86.4%
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76.9%
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9.5 Pts
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(preliminary DOT A14)
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Passengers
Boarded
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15,903,666
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15,083,750
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5.4%
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58,792,461
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57,380,080
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2.5%
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Cargo Ton Miles
(000):
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182,651
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175,398
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4.1%
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686,328
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645,908
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6.3%
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Note: Results include
flights operated under contract carrier arrangements
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