OREANDA-NEWS. July 10, 2015. United Airlines (UAL) today reported June 2015 operational results.

UAL's June 2015 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 1.3 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 2.2 percent versus June 2014. UAL's June 2015 consolidated load factor decreased 0.8 points compared to June 2014.

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate an average of nearly 5,000 flights a day to 373 airports across six continents. In 2014, United and United Express operated nearly two million flights carrying 138 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 nearly 700 mainline aircraft, and this year, the airline anticipates taking delivery of 34 new Boeing aircraft, including the 787-9 and the 737-900ER. United is also welcoming 49 new Embraer E175 aircraft to United Express. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 27 member airlines. More than 84,000 United employees reside in every U.S. state and in countries around the world. 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.

Preliminary Operational Results

 June

Year-to-Date

2015

2014

Change


2015

2014

Change










 REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)









Domestic

8,674,038

8,360,193

3.8%

44,546,061

44,343,988

0.5%








International

8,517,275

8,402,349

1.4%

43,972,855

43,094,377

2.0%

Atlantic

3,876,735

3,778,770

2.6%

17,312,053

17,804,469

(2.8%)

Pacific

2,983,679

2,925,818

2.0%

16,634,213

15,939,014

4.4%

Latin

1,656,861

1,697,761

(2.4%)

10,026,589

9,350,894

7.2%








Mainline

17,191,313

16,762,542

2.6%

88,518,916

87,438,365

1.2%

Regional

2,168,354

2,356,117

(8.0%)

12,214,565

12,844,961

(4.9%)

Consolidated

19,359,667

19,118,659

1.3%

100,733,481

100,283,326

0.4%







AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)







Domestic

9,918,862

9,477,254

4.7%

52,047,925

51,338,621

1.4%








International

9,982,798

9,725,837

2.6%

55,125,401

53,650,738

2.7%

Atlantic

4,545,330

4,356,532

4.3%

22,557,571

22,810,067

(1.1%)

Pacific

3,470,264

3,346,651

3.7%

20,246,409

19,531,229

3.7%

Latin

1,967,204

2,022,654

(2.7%)

12,321,421

11,309,442

8.9%








Mainline

19,901,660

19,203,091

3.6%

107,173,326

104,989,359

2.1%

Regional

2,536,352

2,757,130

(8.0%)

14,780,346

15,440,444

(4.3%)

Consolidated

22,438,012

21,960,221

2.2%

121,953,672

120,429,803

1.3%







PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR







Domestic

87.4%

88.2%

(0.8) pts

85.6%

86.4%

(0.8) pts








International

85.3%

86.4%

(1.1) pts

79.8%

80.3%

(0.5) pts

Atlantic

85.3%

86.7%

(1.4) pts

76.7%

78.1%

(1.4) pts

Pacific

86.0%

87.4%

(1.4) pts

82.2%

81.6%

0.6 pts

Latin

84.2%

83.9%

0.3 pts

81.4%

82.7%

(1.3) pts








Mainline

86.4%

87.3%

(0.9) pts

82.6%

83.3%

(0.7) pts

Regional

85.5%

85.5%

0.0 pts

82.6%

83.2%

(0.6) pts

Consolidated

86.3%

87.1%

(0.8) pts

82.6%

83.3%

(0.7) pts







ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)







Mainline

8,795

8,353

5.3%

46,236

45,081

2.6%

Regional

3,848

4,131

(6.9%)

21,517

22,656

(5.0%)

Consolidated

12,643

12,484

1.3%

67,753

67,737

0.0%







CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)







Total

209,431

202,624

3.4%

1,295,178

1,188,569

9.0%

Second Quarter Preliminary Fuel Costs Per Gallon


Estimated average price per gallon of fuel, excluding hedges

\\$1.98

  Operating cash-settled hedge loss price per gallon

\\$0.12

Estimated average price per gallon of fuel, including operating cash-settled hedges1

\\$2.10

  Non-operating cash-settled hedge loss price per gallon2

\\$0.07

Estimated average price per gallon of fuel, including all cash-settled hedges3

\\$2.17


1This price per gallon corresponds to the fuel expense line of the income statement

2This price per gallon corresponds to the impact of non-operating hedges that appear in the non-operating line of the income statement

3This price per gallon corresponds to the total economic cost of the company's fuel consumption including all cash-settled hedges but does not directly correspond to the fuel expense line of the income statement

 Preliminary Operational Results











2015

2014

Change

June On-Time Performance1

66.4%

70.1%

(3.7)

pts

June Completion Factor2

97.8%

98.7%

(0.9)

pts


1Based on domestic mainline scheduled flights arriving within 14 minutes of scheduled arrival time, according to data published in the DOT Air Travel Consumer Report

2Mainline completion percentage