OREANDA-NEWS. August 11, 2015. United Airlines (UAL) today reported July 2015 operational results.

UAL's July 2015 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 2.8 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 2.4 percent versus July 2014. UAL's July 2015 consolidated load factor increased 0.3 points compared to July 2014.

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate an average of nearly 5,000 flights a day to 362 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 192 countries via 28 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





 July

Year-to-Date

2015

2014

Change


2015

2014

Change










 REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)









Domestic

9,084,764

8,689,432

4.5%

53,630,825

53,033,420

1.1%








International

9,127,005

8,723,357

4.6%

53,099,860

51,817,734

2.5%

Atlantic

4,148,144

3,909,921

6.1%

21,460,197

21,714,390

(1.2%)

Pacific

2,996,672

2,923,721

2.5%

19,630,885

18,862,735

4.1%

Latin

1,982,189

1,889,715

4.9%

12,008,778

11,240,609

6.8%








Mainline

18,211,769

17,412,789

4.6%

106,730,685

104,851,154

1.8%

Regional

2,250,812

2,485,522

(9.4%)

14,465,377

15,330,483

(5.6%)

Consolidated

20,462,581

19,898,311

2.8%

121,196,062

120,181,637

0.8%







AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)







Domestic

10,222,420

9,865,631

3.6%

62,270,345

61,204,252

1.7%








International

10,651,412

10,157,800

4.9%

65,776,813

63,808,538

3.1%

Atlantic

4,826,553

4,595,740

5.0%

27,384,124

27,405,807

(0.1%)

Pacific

3,561,769

3,433,941

3.7%

23,808,178

22,965,170

3.7%

Latin

2,263,090

2,128,119

6.3%

14,584,511

13,437,561

8.5%








Mainline

20,873,832

20,023,431

4.2%

128,047,158

125,012,790

2.4%

Regional

2,635,612

2,926,121

(9.9%)

17,415,958

18,366,565

(5.2%)

Consolidated

23,509,444

22,949,552

2.4%

145,463,116

143,379,355

1.5%







PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR







Domestic

88.9%

88.1%

0.8 pts

86.1%

86.6%

(0.5) pts








International

85.7%

85.9%

(0.2) pts

80.7%

81.2%

(0.5) pts

Atlantic

85.9%

85.1%

0.8 pts

78.4%

79.2%

(0.8) pts

Pacific

84.1%

85.1%

(1.0) pt

82.5%

82.1%

0.4 pts

Latin

87.6%

88.8%

(1.2) pts

82.3%

83.7%

(1.4) pts








Mainline

87.2%

87.0%

0.2 pts

83.4%

83.9%

(0.5) pts

Regional

85.4%

84.9%

0.5 pts

83.1%

83.5%

(0.4) pts

Consolidated

87.0%

86.7%

0.3 pts

83.3%

83.8%

(0.5) pts







ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)







Mainline

9,280

8,673

7.0%

55,516

53,754

3.3%

Regional

3,993

4,342

(8.0%)

25,510

26,998

(5.5%)

Consolidated

13,273

13,015

2.0%

81,026

80,752

0.3%







CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)







Total

216,250

212,167

1.9%

1,511,428

1,400,736

7.9%

Third Quarter Preliminary Fuel Costs Per Gallon

Estimated average price per gallon of fuel, excluding hedges

\\$1.73 - \\$1.78

   Operating cash-settled hedge loss price per gallon

\\$0.15

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

\\$1.88 - \\$1.93

     Non-operating cash-settled hedge loss price per gallon2

\\$0.09

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

\\$1.97 - \\$2.02


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

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







 Preliminary Operational Results











2015

2014

Change

July On-Time Performance1

73.5%

74.9%

(1.4)

pts

July Completion Factor2

99.0%

98.7%

0.3

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