United Airlines' March traffic increases 7.4 percent.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1996--United Airlines today reported that its total scheduled revenue passenger miles Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in miles. (RPMs) increased 7.4 percent in March vs. the comparable month in 1995. "We are very pleased with our overall traffic performance in March," said John Edwardson, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "The earlier arrival of Easter Easter [A.S. Eastre, name of a spring goddess], chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. In the West, Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the full moon next after the vernal equinox (see calendar); thus, it this year helped spur March traffic. Our Pacific traffic showed solid growth, led by the Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and markets. And our Atlantic traffic was especially robust with an 83.4 percent passenger load factor -- a rare achievement this time of the year." The airline's total scheduled RPMs were 9,891,446,000 compared with 9,207,532,000 in the same month of 1995. For the month, domestic revenue passenger miles totaled 6,183,720,000, an increase of 5.4 percent from 5,869,625,000 accumulated ac·cu·mu·late v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v.tr. To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather. v.intr. To mount up; increase. a year ago. Pacific revenue passenger miles totaled 2,359,434,000, an increase of 9.6 percent from 2,152,635,000 a year ago. Atlantic revenue passenger miles totaled 928,059,000, an increase of 17.9 percent from 786,919,000 a year ago. Latin Lat·in n. 1. a. The Indo-European language of the ancient Latins and Romans and the most important cultural language of western Europe until the end of the 17th century. b. American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of revenue passenger miles totaled 420,233,000, an increase of 5.5 percent from 398,353,000. Total scheduled available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. (ASMs) were 13,572,662,000, up 3.9 percent from 13,060,183,000 a year ago. Domestic ASMs were 8,647,301,000, an increase of 2.6 percent from 8,426,839,000 a year ago. Pacific ASMs totaled 3,144,929,000, up 5.1 percent from 2,991,665,000 a year ago. Atlantic ASMs totaled 1,112,118,000, up 10.3 percent from 1,008,704,000. Latin American ASMs totaled 668,314,000, an increase of 5.6 percent from 632,975,000 a year ago. The airline flew 7,069,000 passengers in scheduled service in the month, an increase of 6.5 percent from 6,640,000 flown a year earlier. Total cargo ton miles 1. (Railroads) A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given for March were 203,695,000, up 2.2 percent from 199,268,000 a year ago. Total RPMs including charter flights were 9,908,083,000, up 7.2 percent from 9,245,005,000 a year ago. JANUARY January: see month. THROUGH MARCH TRAFFIC For the year to date total scheduled RPMs increased 6.3 percent to 26,681,836,000 from 25,110,865,000 in 1995. Total scheduled ASMs were up 3.7 percent to 38,859,634,000 from 37,482,089,000 for the same period in 1995. Passenger load factor was 68.7 percent, up 1.7 points from the 67.0 percent load factor in 1995. Total cargo ton miles were 542,895,000 for the period, an increase of 3.7 percent from 523,361,000 last year. Total RPMs including charter for the year to date were 26,728,102,000, an increase of 6.1 percent from 25,198,442,000 in 1995. All statistics are preliminary. -0-
MARCH MARCH
1996 1995 PERCENT
(000) (000) CHANGE
SCHEDULED SERVICES ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES 69,989 68,058 2.8 NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 66,633 66,642 0.0 REVENUE PASSENGERS 7,069 6,640 6.5 REVENUE PASSENGER MILES: NORTH AMERICA 6,183,720 5,869,625 5.4 PACIFIC 2,359,434 2,152,635 9.6 ATLANTIC 928,059 786,919 17.9 LATIN AMERICA 420,233 398,353 5.5 TOTAL 9,891,446 9,207,532 7.4 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES: NORTH AMERICA 8,647,301 8,426,839 2.6 PACIFIC 3,144,929 2,991,665 5.1 ATLANTIC 1,112,118 1,008,704 10.3 LATIN AMERICA 668,314 632,975 5.6 TOTAL 13,572,662 13,060,183 3.9 PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 71.5 69.7 1.8 pts PACIFIC 75.0 72.0 3.0 pts ATLANTIC 83.4 78.0 5.4 pts LATIN AMERICA 62.9 62.9 0.0 pts TOTAL 72.9 70.5 2.4 pts CARGO TON MILES: FREIGHT 154,215 152,306 1.3 MAIL 49,480 46,962 5.4 TOTAL 203,695 199,268 2.2 TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER: REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 9,908,083 9,245,005 7.2 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 13,591,036 13,101,913 3.7 REVENUE PSGR. KILO. 15,945,078 14,877,987 7.2 AVAILABLE SEAT KILO. 21,872,054 21,084,909 3.7 TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 1,194,503 1,123,765 6.3 TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 1,942,500 1,862,222 4.3 TOTAL REV. TON KILO. 1,732,452 1,629,949 6.3 TOTAL AVAIL. TON KILO. 2,836,050 2,718,844 4.3
YEAR TO DATE
1996 1995 PERCENT
(000) (000) CHANGE
SCHEDULED SERVICES ONLY: REVENUE PLANE MILES 199,954 194,162 3.0 NUMBER OF DEPARTURES 190,279 189,842 0.2 REVENUE PASSENGERS 18,937 17,887 5.9 REVENUE PASSENGER MILES: NORTH AMERICA 16,408,329 15,783,422 4.0 PACIFIC 6,645,503 6,067,318 9.5 ATLANTIC 2,313,990 1,976,913 17.1 LATIN AMERICA 1,314,014 1,283,212 2.4 TOTAL 26,681,836 25,110,865 6.3 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES: NORTH AMERICA 24,353,854 23,829,853 2.2 PACIFIC 9,202,952 8,797,701 4.6 ATLANTIC 3,206,243 2,932,089 9.4 LATIN AMERICA 2,096,585 1,922,446 9.1 TOTAL 38,859,634 37,482,089 3.7 PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT): NORTH AMERICA 67.4 66.2 1.2 pts PACIFIC 72.2 69.0 3.2 pts ATLANTIC 72.2 67.4 4.8.pts LATIN AMERICA 62.7 66.7 -4.0 pts TOTAL 68.7 67.0 1.7 pts CARGO TON MILES: FREIGHT 399,514 393,199 1.6 MAIL 143,381 130,162 10.2 TOTAL 542,895 523,361 3.7 TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER: REVENUE PASSENGER MILES 26,728,102 25,198,442 6.1 AVAILABLE SEAT MILES 38,915,821 37,585,192 3.5 REVENUE PSGR. KILO. 43,013,535 40,551,853 6.1 AVAILABLE SEAT KILO. 62,627,231 60,485,849 3.5 TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES 3,215,708 3,043,204 5.7 TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES 5,565,302 5,339,145 4.2 TOTAL REV. TON KILO. 4,663,845 4,413,773 5.7 TOTAL AVAIL. TON KILO. 8,125,341 7,795,152 4.2 CONTACT: United Airlines, Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. Contacts: Joe Hopkins Hopkins, city (1990 pop. 16,534), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; inc. as West Minneapolis 1893, name changed 1928. The city manufactures machinery, computer and electronic parts, steel products, air pollution equipment, ophthalmic lenses, tools, , 847/952-5770 Evening/Weekends, 847/952-4088 or Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Contact: Mark Reiser Reiser could refer to:
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